The 最新の: Whitefish 'disappointed' 契約 is 取り消すd

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The 最新の on Puerto Rico's 契約 with Whitefish Energy Holdings (all times 地元の):

7:15 p.m.

Whitefish Energy Holdings says it is "very disappointed" that 当局 in Puerto Rico have 取り消すd its $300 million 契約 to help 再構築する the U.S. island's electricity system.

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2017, file photo, Whitefish Energy Holdings workers stand on towers to restore lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. The Trump administration said Oct. 27 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. White House spokesman Raj Shah said that federal officials played no role in the selection of Whitefish Energy Holdings by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2017, とじ込み/提出する photo, Whitefish Energy Holdings 労働者s stand on towers to 回復する lines 損失d by ハリケーン Maria in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. The Trump 行政 said Oct. 27 it had no 関与 in the 決定/判定勝ち(する) to award a $300 million 契約 to help 回復する Puerto Rico's 力/強力にする grid to a tiny Montana company in 内部の 長官 Ryan Zinke's hometown. White House 広報担当者 Raj Shah said that 連邦の 公式の/役人s played no 役割 in the 選択 of Whitefish Energy Holdings by the Puerto Rico Electric 力/強力にする 当局.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, とじ込み/提出する)

The 契約 had been questioned because the company had only two 十分な-time 従業員s when the 契約 was awarded and it is based in the Montana hometown of the U.S. 内部の 長官.

Whitefish 広報担当者 Chris Chiames tells The Associated 圧力(をかける) that Sunday's 取り消し will only 延期する 成果/努力s to 回復する 力/強力にする for Puerto Rico, which was 攻撃する,衝突する hard by ハリケーン Maria.

Chiames says Whitefish has already brought 350 労働者s to the island and it 推定する/予想するd to have a total of 500 this week. He says it has 完全にするd 批判的な work, 含むing a 事業/計画(する) that will soon lead to a half million people in San Juan getting 力/強力にする.

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3:55 p.m.

The 長,率いる of Puerto Rico's 政府 力/強力にする company says the 機関 will 捨てる a $300 million 契約 with Whitefish Energy Holdings once it finishes 現在の work on ハリケーン Maria 回復 成果/努力s.

力/強力にする company director Ricardo Ramos said Sunday that he's 屈服するing to a 需要・要求する by the U.S. 領土's 知事, Ricardo Rossello.

Ramos says the 取り消し will 延期する work by 10 to 12 weeks.

The 契約 for the small Montana company has come under 激しい scrutiny, and audits of the Whitefish 契約 at a 地元の and 連邦の level are under way.

概略で 70 パーセント of the island remains without 力/強力にする more than a month after ハリケーン Maria stru ck the U.S. 領土 on Sept. 20.

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