Petition to reverse PSC approval of pet-coke debacle
VI Conservation Society (VICS) joins VI ratepayers in petitioning the VI Public Services Commission (PSC) to reconsider its approval of WAPA/ Alpine Energy Group Power Purchase Agreements.
The Virgin Islands government, WAPA, and the PSC have committed VI rate payers to 20 years or more of petroleum-based electrical energy and tried to green-wash it as “alternative energy”.
The PSC public meetings were a sham and did not conform to VI law for adequate public input.
WAPA rate payers are asked to join this petition to reverse the PSC decision. If you decide to join the petition, your name will be added to the motion as a “PETITIONER” by a subsequent filing on the public record with the PSC to amend the motion.
To be an additional petitioner, please:
1. Copy/Cut the statement below
2. Paste it into a new email.
3. Type your name in the space provided, then
4. Send it to Paul Chakroff at St. Croix Environmental Association. You can find a SEA email link on their contact page.
“I,(your name here), hereby request and authorize you to add my name as an additional PETITIONER to the motion for reconsideration of Order No.11/2010 and formal complaint that rates approved by such order are unreasonable within the meaning of 30 V.I.C. § 20 filed by the VI Ratepayers Association, VI Conservation Society and individual WAPA ratepayers November 5, 2009.”
You can get a pdf of the full text of the motion from SEA’s website.
St. Croix Envirnmental Associations comments to the PSC regarding the agreement.
November 11th, 2009 at 11:55 am
What exactly are they burning? Same old diesel?
I’ll add my name.
November 11th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
No, mostly pet-coke, with some sterilized garbage on top – that’s the ‘green’ part, burning some of our trash, so its considered an ‘alternative energy’ plant. Right.
You could add your name if you bought property here. The petition is specifically for VI WAPA rate payers, the ones who will be footing the bill for this mess for the next 20-30 years.
Those of you who don’t live here, or don’t have a WAPA bill in your name can still contact WAPA, the Governor’s Office, and the PSC to complain.
November 12th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Thanks for promoting this. The petition and PSC decision deal primarily with the economic issues. I’d encourage everyone to read it to get a flavor of the commitments being made in ratepayers names. Environmental issues (and there are some significant ones) will be addressed by CZM, EPA and others.