WAPA electric system personnel are reviewing data logs of the utility’s generating units to determine the root cause of a 12-hour outage Friday that affected all customers of the St. Thomas-St. John District, said interim Executive Director Noel Hodge. Electric service was restored to all customers in the district at approximately 11:20 a.m. on Friday, June 18, capping an hours long service interruption that began late Thursday, according to a press release issued Friday night by Jean Greaux Jr., WAPA’s director of corporate communications.
“While it will take a few days to fully determine and understand the cause of the outage, WAPA officials suspect that a large generating unit tripped and affected the functionality of three smaller units, which resulted in a districtwide outage impacting service to all customers on St. Thomas, St. John, Water Island and Hassel Island,” the press release stated.
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