GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
OF THE UNITED STATES 
 
Public Services Commission 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Order No.  34/2022 
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF  
 
 
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PUBLIC UTILITY FEES  
 
 
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ORDER OF ANNUAL ASSESSMENT 
 
WHEREAS, on Friday, September 2, 2022, the Virgin Islands Public Services 
Commission (hereinafter “PSC” or “the Commission”) met in Regular Session in its office on St. 
Thomas located at No. 1003 Estate Ross Suite 4, Barbel Plaza and via its Zoom videoconference 
link; and 
 
WHEREAS, based upon the formula mandated in 30 V.I.C. § 25a, all public utilities are 
subject to the assessment of fees on an annual basis by the Commission; and  
 
WHEREAS, the Legislature extended the sole right to Virgin Islands Water and Power 
Authority (hereinafter “WAPA” or “the Authority”) to pay its annual assessment in equal 
quarterly installments; and  
 
WHEREAS, after careful review and deliberation and the recommendations of its staff, 
the Commission voted to make the following annual assessment fees on the listed public utilities:  
 
 
 
Utility 
2021 Gross 
Operating Revenues 
Ratio 
F/Y 2023 Fees 
Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority 
$  175,597,603.00 
66.34% $  1,380,046.16 
Virgin Islands Telephone Corporation 
d/b/a Viya 
 
$  22,074,385.00 
 
8.34% 
 
$     173,485.68 
Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority $  46,175,227.00 
17.44 % $     362,897.58 
Viya Cable TV St. Thomas-St. John 
$    8,105,061.81 
3.06 % $       63,698.82 
Viya Cable TV St. Croix 
$    6,185,363.52 
2.34 % $       48,611.64 
Varlack Ventures, Inc. 
$    3,562,693.00 
1.35 % $       27,999.70 
Transportation Services of St. John, Inc. 
$    3,001,924.00 
1.13 % $       23,592.54 
 
 
 
 
Total Assessment Revenue: 
$        264,702,257.33 
100 % $    2,080,332.12 
 
 
PSC Order No. 34/2022 – Annual Assessment for F/Y 2023 Fees 
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NOW THEREFORE, the Commission hereby ORDERS, that the annual assessment on 
the listed public utilities is set forth and each public utility shall pay the fiscal year 2023 fees by 
September 30, 2022; and 
 
It is hereby ORDERED, that in accordance with 30 V.I.C. § 25a, WAPA shall make its 
annual assessment payments in four (4) quarterly installments of three hundred forty-five 
thousand eleven dollars and fifty-four cents ($345,011.54) each, the first quarterly payment by 
September 30, 2022, and each succeeding payment at ninety (90) day intervals; and 
 
FINALLY, it is hereby ORDERED, that the funds collected from all public utilities will be 
deposited in the Treasury of the United States Virgin Islands in a special account to be 
maintained and administered by the Commissioner of Finance designated Special Public Utility 
Deposit Account as prescribed by law. 
 
So Ordered. 
 
For the Commission, 
    Date:  October 26, 2022 
 
 
       Nunc Pro Tunc 
 
 
David W. Hughes, Chairman