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Whitefish Charges Puerto Rico $319 an Hour for Linemen, Then Pays Them $63 an Hour

Whitefish Charges Puerto Rico $319 an Hour for Linemen, Then Pays Them $63 an Hour

Whitefish Energy, the controversial energy firm repairing Puerto Rico‘s hurricane-wrecked power grid, is under fresh scrutiny for charging the island’s power authority hundreds of dollars more per hour than its linemen receive. The New York Times reported that the tiny Montana-based company—which doesn’t have many of its own employees—contracted electrical workers from Florida at rates […]

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    Whitefish Charges Puerto Rico $319 an Hour for Linemen, Then Pays Them $63 an Hour

    Whitefish Charges Puerto Rico $319 an Hour for Linemen, Then Pays Them $63 an Hour

    Whitefish Energy, the controversial energy firm repairing Puerto Rico‘s hurricane-wrecked power grid, is under fresh scrutiny for charging the island’s power authority hundreds of dollars more per hour than its linemen receive. The New York Times reported that the tiny Montana-based company—which doesn’t have many of its own employees—contracted electrical workers from Florida at rates […]

    Controversy Remains After Cancellation of Whitefish Energy’s Puerto Rico Contract

    Controversy Remains After Cancellation of Whitefish Energy’s Puerto Rico Contract

    Puerto Rico‘s electric power authority (PREPA) has cancelled Whitefish Energy Holdings’ controversial $300 million contract to help rebuild the U.S. territory’s Hurricane Maria-wrecked power grid. The small Montana-based power company said it was “very disappointed” with the decision which came after Gov. Ricardo Rosselló called on PREPA to “immediately” cancel the deal. Many questions have […]

    Two-Person Company Gets $300 Million Contract to Restore Puerto Rico’s Power Grid, Raising Questions

    Two-Person Company Gets $300 Million Contract to Restore Puerto Rico’s Power Grid, Raising Questions

    Bipartisan lawmakers expressed concern Tuesday over the contract to restore Puerto Rico’s power grid being given to a tiny energy firm from Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke‘s hometown. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority signed a $300 million contract last week with two-year-old Montana-based Whitefish Energy, which employed only two people when Hurricane Maria hit the […]