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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Here s how it landed that.
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.
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.
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.