Headline Roundup October 27, 2017
Leaked Power Contract Shows Audit Restrictions
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A deal reached between the government and a small Montana energy company located in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown prohibits the government from reviewing labor costs or profits related to the company's relief efforts in Puerto Rico, according to a leaked copy of the contract.
A leaked copy Whitefish’s contract to restore power in Puerto Rico, which circulated online Thursday night, reveals how the energy company and the island’s power utility sought to avoid government oversight of the deal.
Puerto Rico has now endured the longest power failure in U.S. history, after Category 4 Hurricane Maria tore a path of destruction across the island on Sept. 20. One of the contracts the island's beleaguered government signed in order to get the lights turned back on is with a tiny Montana-based company named Whitefish Energy.
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