Multiple congressional committees are investigating a $300m contract awarded to a small Montana company in the hometown of the interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, that was tapped to help restore Puerto Rico’s damaged power grid. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority awarded the contract to tiny Whitefish Energy Holdings to restore transmission and distribution lines damaged or destroyed during Hurricane Maria. The letter is signed by the committee chairman, Greg Walden, an Oregon Republican; the senior Democrat, Frank Pallone of New Jersey; and three other committee members. “The first I heard of the Whitefish Energy contract was through the news. I was surprised that such a small company from Montana got the contract,” Daines said.

Source: The Guardian October 27, 2017 02:03 UTC