Montana Electric Company Puerto Rico

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.

Montana electric company puerto rico.

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. Here s how it landed that. 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. 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. 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. Despite that thin record montana based whitefish energy was selected last week to rebuild puerto rico s power grid which was struggling even before hurricane maria. The project is estimated to.

Despite warnings from staff and ignoring input from lawyers puerto rico s bankrupt utility signed a massive 300 million contract on october 17 with a tiny inexperienced montana company to. Fema told mtn news this month it is reviewing documentation submitted by prepa but would provide no other details.