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Faced with many questions about how an obscure Montana company could win a 300 million dollar deal to restore power to the hurricane devastated island, Puerto Rico’s governor has called for a contract with Whitefish Energy to be canceled. Nearly 40 days after Maria made landfall as a Category four hurricane in late September, 70% of the island remains without power. Whitefish Energy's CEO said his company, which is based in U.S.
San Juan Governor Ricardo Rossello is calling for the cancellation of the controversial contract with Whitefish Energy. Whitefish is a small company based in Montana that has been under intense inspection and scrutiny after they secured a deal worth hundreds of millions to restore power to hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico. Rossello said that he has “asked the board of the power authority to invoke the cancellation clause in the contract immediately” and added in a post on twitter that “There can be no distraction that alters the commitment to lift up the electrical system as quickly as possible.” FEMA had expressed their concerns over the deal as well and has said that they do not approve it.
Senator Claire McCaskill is looking for answers for the complicated and bizzare contracting of Whitefish Energy to fix Puerto Rico’s energy grid. The deal with whitefish came under scrutiny after a weather.com story revealed that whitefish had been contracted without a competitive bidding process. McCaskill wants answers on how public funds were used in the failed deal. She has addressed questions to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, also the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and the US Army Corps. Of Engineers. McCaskill also penned a letter to Whitefish CEO Andrew Techmanski asking for the details of the contracting process.
On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives’ energy committee said in a letter that it wants more information about the Federal Emergency Management Agency's role in the handing out of contracts for rebuilding Puerto Rico’s power grid after Hurricane Maria. A letter addressed to FEMA reportedly outlines a series of concerns and questions about specific contracts between Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority and Whitefish Energy Holdings.
Efforts to restore electricity to Puerto Rico nearly six weeks after Hurricane Maria are shifting, as the island’s utility, its regulators and U.S. authorities removed a key contractor Sunday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is in charge of the federal power restoration effort, is looking to boost the size of a key contract awarded to Fluor Corp to 840 million dollars, according to a government filing. There are about 400 subcontracting crews currently on the island working to bring back power. The territory's governor said he wants to have one thousand crews by November 8th.
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