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November 21, 2017

Whitefish Halts Repairs & Threatens to Sue Puerto Rico's Power Authority for $83 Million
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Back in the United States, the head of Puerto Rico's Electric Power
Agency, known as PREPA, has resigned, as half the island still has no
electricity two months after Hurricane Maria. Ricardo Ramos had faced
widespread outrage for signing a $300 million contract with the tiny
Montana-based company Whitefish, named after the hometown of Interior
Secretary Ryan Zinke. Whitefish is now threatening to sue Puerto Rico's
Electrical Power Agency, claiming the power authority owes the company
$83 million dollars.


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