A total blackout struck St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands early Sunday, marking the second outage this weekend. The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority reported that the outages were due to loss of generation at a power plant. Over 42,000 residents on St. Thomas and nearly 4,000 on St. John were affected. Despite efforts to restore power overnight after the first blackout on Saturday, another outage occurred just hours later. Frustrations among residents have grown, prompting calls for government intervention to resolve the electricity issues. Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has pledged to invest approximately $100 million in federal funding to address the utility's struggles. However, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority continues to face challenges, including aging infrastructure, with over half of its petroleum-fueled generating units being more than 25 years old. The agency has stated plans to install temporary generation and additional battery energy storage to mitigate future outages. Furthermore, the average electricity price in the territory is about 33 cents per kilowatt hour, nearly double the U.S. average.