GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

OF THE UNITED STATES



Public Services Commission



Inre:

The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority ) Docket No. 660

Petition for Emergency Interim Electric Base Rate Relief ) Order No. 57/2016



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ORDER



WHEREAS, on May 13, 2016, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (hereinafter

“WAPA” or the “Authority”) filed a Petition for Emergency Interim Electric Base Rate Relief with

the Virgin Islands Public Services Commission (hereinafter “PSC” or “Commission) seeking the

granting of a cash reserve surcharge effective on bills issued on or after June |, 2016; and



WHEREAS, on May 23, 2016, the Authority filed additional documents with the

Commission in support of its request for an emergency cash reserve surcharge; and



WHEREAS, on May 23, 2016, Trafigura Trading LLC (hereinafter “Trafigura”) filed a

Petition to Intervene in the proceedings with the Commission; and



WHEREAS, on May 26, 2016, WAPA filed an Opposition to Trafigura’s Petition to

Intervene and Trafigura filed a Reply to WAPA’s Opposition; and



WHEREAS, on May 26, 2016, the Commission held a Special Meeting in both its offices on

St. Thomas and St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands; and



WHEREAS, upon review and deliberation the Commission voted SUSPEND WAPA’s

Petition for Emergency Interim Electric Base Rate Relief, to permit reasonable investigation and to

consolidate the Petition for Emergency Interim Electric Base Rate Relief, docket 660 and the Motion

to Intervene with the pending base rate cases and refer the matter to the Hearing Examiner in those

matters; and



NOW THEREFORE, the Commission hereby ORDERS that:

1. The Petition for Emergency Cash Reserve is SUSPENDED for the statutory period;



2. The Petition and Docket 660, including the Motion to Intervene, are consolidated with

the pending base rate cases and referred to the Hearing Examiner in those matters.



So Ordered.



Date: June 28 og 2016



Andrew Rutnik, Vice-Chair