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October 30, 2017

FEMA ‘not a party' to $300M contract with tiny Mont. firm

  • The agency said its initial review raised significant concerns about how Whitefish Energy got the Puerto Rican deal and whether the prices were reasonable.
    • By MICHAEL BIESECKER and MATTHEW DALY
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it had no involvement in the decision to award a $300 million contract to help restore Puerto Rico's power grid to a tiny Montana company in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown.

    FEMA said in a statement that any language in the controversial contract saying the agency approved of the deal with Whitefish Energy Holdings is inaccurate. The contract, which was awarded by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, said the utility would not pay costs unallowable under FEMA grants, but it also said, “The federal government is not a party to this contract.”


     
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