How Whitefish landed Puerto Rico's $300 million power contract

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http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/27/news/economy/puerto-rico-whitefish-montana-deal/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

Whitefish Energy, a little-known energy firm based in Montana, has been stirring up controversy ever since it announced last week that it landed a $300 million contract to help restore Puerto Rico's electrical power.

The contract is the largest to be awarded since recovery efforts began over a month ago. And several lawmakers on Capitol Hill are calling for government reviews of how this small firm with only two employees at the time Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico was chosen over bigger, more established utilities.

The seeds of the deal were first sown after Hurricane Irma, which tore through the Caribbean and Florida in early September.

Ricardo Ramos, the CEO of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, recounted to CNN that he was actively looking for contractors for the repair effort. Whitefish was one of seven companies that was competing for the work.

Whitefish CEO Andy Techmanski reached out to Ramos to tell him about his small firm's "special skills": repairing infrastructure in rural, rugged regions, according to Whitefish spokesman Ken Luce.

But Irma ended up skirting by Puerto Rico, inflicting minimal damage. There was no need to immediately strike a deal.

Rugged mountain experience. And of course those urban elitists are picking on poor Zincke because he's from a small town. Liberals hate America.

[samnsara]

1. yep...but it didnt last long....

...thank gawd...