{"id":33002,"date":"2015-12-24T13:55:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T13:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=33002"},"modified":"2015-12-24T13:55:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T13:55:53","slug":"in-last-2015-meeting-wapa-board-approves-water-and-solar-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=33002","title":{"rendered":"In Last 2015 Meeting, WAPA Board Approves Water and Solar Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">ST. CROIX &#8212; In their final board meeting for 2015, the Governing Board of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority made quick work of a two item agenda. In the first item, the board authorized Executive Director\/CEO Hugo V. Hodge, Jr. to enter into a contract with Linde Gas to provide equipment and supplies to treat potable water produced at the seawater reverse osmosis plants in both island districts. The contract is for a ten-year period in the amount of $1,072,800.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cThe post treatment of potable water authorized today uses a carbon dioxide injection point to change the water\u2019s chemical makeup. The change will allow for calcium carbonate to be dissolved into the water. The carbonate will in turn increase the hardness of the water while changing the chemistry so as not to interact with the cast iron piping in the system,\u201d Mr. Hodge said. He noted that without this treatment, the seawater reverse osmosis post treatment process will not function properly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The second agenda item before the board was a request to authorize WAPA to consent to a change in control of St. Croix Solar, LLC and St. Croix Solar II, LLC, to Gardner, STX Solar, LLC.\u00a0 The item relates to Power Purchase Agreements WAPA entered into in January with the solar companies seeking to develop solar facilities on St. Croix in Estate Granard on the eastern and Estate Whites Bay on the western ends of the island. The two facilities will generate a combined six megawatts of electricity. Pursuant to the initial contract between WAPA and the solar companies, they are \u201cprohibited from assigning or transferring the agreement without the written consent of the Authority\u201d. With their approval at today\u2019s meeting, the board has consented to the change in control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">In his Executive Director\u2019s Report, Mr. Hodge briefly outlined items before the authority as the year comes to a close.\u00a0 These include: completion of the Integrated Resources Plan (IRP), continued search for new generation, and completion of an RFP for the water rehabilitation project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Board members present at Wednesday\u2019s meeting included Chairman Gerald Groner, Esq., Vice Chair Juanita Young, Secretary Noel Loftus, Director Marvin Pickering, Commissioner Gustav James, Cheryl Boynes Jackson and Elizabeth Armstrong. Commissioner Devin Carrington was excused.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; In their final board meeting for 2015, the Governing Board of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority made quick work of a two item agenda. 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