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Major Electrical Outage on St. Thomas

UPDATE:

The following feeders have been restored as of 9:30 a.m.: 7A, 10B, 5A, 8B, 9B, and 7E

The following feeders are experiencing an outage as of approximately 9:00 a.m.: 6A, 6B, 7B, 7C, 9C, 9E, and Yacht Haven

The outage is due to reduced generation capacity as WAPA Plant Personnel work to bring back online additional units. The cause of the outage is still being investigated. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Earlier, WAPA said:

There is a major electrical outage impacting customers on St. Thomas and St. John due to reduced generation at the Randolph Harley Power Plant. WAPA Plant Personnel are investigating the cause of the outage.

The following feeders are impacted:
Feeder 6A
Feeder 7A
Feeder 8A
Feeder 7B
Feeder 8B
Feeder 7C
Feeder 9C
Feeder 7E

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