U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announced the proposal of a net-metering successor program, which allows residents to offset their electricity costs by selling power back onto the V.I. Water and Power Authority grid. The Virgin Islands Energy Office worked with WAPA and the Public Services Commission, with technical assistance from the U.S. Department of […]

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr, announced Thursday that the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue (IRB) paid out an additional $4 million in Income Tax refunds to tax filers in the territory. The latest round of refunds comprises approximately 1,500 refunds covering Tax Year 2016 and representing returns filed through April 18, 2017. IRB

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging the administration to provide U.S. aid to The Bahamas in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. The Governor drew on the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria and what Virgin Islanders experienced to empathize with Bahamian residents and their guests. “Having

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS–Governor Albert Bryan Jr., issued the following statement in support of the Bahamian community in the wake of Hurricane Dorian: “Having lived through many storms and most recently, the two Category 5 hurricanes that struck the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2017, we are very familiar with the physical and mental havoc they wreak.

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—President Donald Trump has approved the request made by Governor Albert Bryan Jr. to declare a federal emergency in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. The president ordered federal assistance to supplement response efforts in the Territory, and his declaration authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to coordinate all disaster relief efforts and

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr., members of his Cabinet and Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett traveled through the St. Thomas-St. John District on Thursday assessing damage from Hurricane Dorian and found that, except for downed vegetation and trees, both islands were well on their way back to business as usual. Government of the Virgin

Project represents first step in WAPA’s Disaster Recovery Action Plan and first major project funded by HUD Community Development Block Grant funds U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr., the V.I. Water and Power Authority, the Office of Disaster Recovery and the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority held a joint press conference to provide updates to