Whitefish Energy, founded in 2015, had just two employees the day Maria hit Puerto Rico. Whitefish’s contract in Puerto Rico, the largest yet issued in the troubled relief effort, was not competitively bid. Hurricane Maria knocked out the electricity in Miram Carrasquillo's home in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico. Whitefish Energy is based in Whitefish, Mont., the home town of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Zinke’s office has said he had no role in Whitefish securing the Puerto Rico contract.

Source: Washington Post October 29, 2017 15:34 UTC