A little known montana company called whitefish energy stirred up huge controversy this week by landing a 300 million contract to turn the lights on in puerto rico.
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Here s how it landed that.
The company whitefish energy said last week that it had signed a 300 million contract with the puerto rico electric power authority to repair and reconstruct large portions of the island s.
Last week a small montana company called whitefish energy holdings announced that it had been given a 300 million contract by puerto rico s electricity authority to help restore the power grid.
The puerto rico electric power authority prepa is an electric power company owned by the commonwealth of puerto rico responsible for electricity generation power distribution and power transmission on the island.
The head of puerto rico s power company announced sunday it will cancel the controversial 300 million contract with whitefish energy holdings a small montana firm under scrutiny for its effort.
Puerto rico s electric company moved sunday to cancel a 300 million contract with a small montana firm for repairs to the territory s hurricane ravaged electrical grid saying controversy.
Fema told mtn news this month it is reviewing documentation submitted by prepa but would provide no other details.
Prepa is the only entity authorized to conduct such business in puerto rico making it a government monopoly until on january 22 2018 the former governor of puerto rico ricardo.
Whitefish energy s contract with the puerto rico power authority was canceled one month into the company s work on the island after it was suggested whitefish energy gained an alleged no bid contract because of favoritism by the trump administration and ties to then.
Whitefish energy holdings llc d b a whitefish energy is a small holding company based in whitefish montana whose portfolio of companies installs maintains and repairs electrical grids the holding company was founded in 2015 by andy techmanski a former lineman in october 2017 whitefish a company whose previous biggest assignment was 1 4 million was awarded a 300 million contract to.