STJ power ourage

RD · Post by RD » Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:42 am

Power went out about 2a this morning (at least in the Chocolate Hole area). Anyone on-island got any power or is this an island-wide outage?

RD · Post by RD » Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:44 am

Back on here about 3:20a.

mrscaptainjay · Post by **mrscaptainjay** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:58 am

STT has been on and off all night also so it's not just STJ. WAPA has a unit down so the system is over stressed.

stjohnjulie · Post by **stjohnjulie** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:05 am

And wouldn't you know it, one of the first news stories I read this morning was about how WAPA is going to increase their rates. The outages have been pretty bad in recent months.

Exit Zero · Post by **Exit Zero** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:09 am

WAPA has Unit 18 down awaiting parts - this is a 21.8 MegaWatt generator - without it they can barely cover normal usage -- as the temperature is so warm many people are using the AC and of course the schools,Govt. offices and stores and many of the resorts and condo complexes ar designed to run with AC so the system will continue to be overstressed as the infrastructure continues to expand and build.

bdkane · Post by **bdkane** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:21 am

Close down the Government - we all know thats a waste of energy

stjohnnewbie · Post by **stjohnnewbie** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:54 am

And verrrrrrry little breeze.

Exit Zero · Post by **Exit Zero** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:58 pm

Is the power situation resolved on STJ? On STT there is still rotating outages - and no mention of a time frame for recovery.

hugo · Post by **hugo** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:53 pm

We have had power most of the day, keeping our fingers crossed about tonight.

Worst non-hurricane related WAPA situation I can remember since the 70s.

stjohnnewbie · Post by **stjohnnewbie** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:04 pm

It was out again last night and this morning. Wouldn't be so bad if not for having no water when power is out.

Although I thought they would just say the bathrooms were closed, I never expected to go to a fairly nice restaurant and be told essentially "If it's yellow, let it mellow."

Pia · Post by **Pia** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:10 am

Out again this am but only for 45 mins or so - welcome to summer

Pia

stjohnnewbie · Post by **stjohnnewbie** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:55 pm

We heard it was out for several hours this morning in Cruz Bay.

All from a drunk driver?

Exit Zero · Post by **Exit Zero** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:27 pm

3 of WAPA's 7 generators are down for repair or regular maintenance - one of the remaining 4 is operating sub-par - they cannot produce the normal 80 MegaWatt draw to run STT-STJ so will be on rotating outages for the remainder of this weekend and into mid week next week - there are some stateside engineers coming down to assist the local employees try and get one or more of the non-workings units back online.It is a grim foreboding of the future capability of WAPA to provide enough power to our Islands. They are currently in negotiation with Puerto Rico to provide a connection to their grid but that is not a short term project expected to be agreed to or even completed soon.

williamk · Post by **williamk** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:12 am

Friends who live there also told me that they had a power outage in the mid of June. They already thought about a power rental in order to bypass the period without power. The best solution for them would be to rent a generator. As far as I know they haven't done it yet but if such a outage will occur more often they will definitely rent or even buy a generator.

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STJ power ourage

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