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San Juan mayor gets in Twitter fight with tiny Montana firm awarded controversial $300 million contract for Puerto Rico

October 25, 2017 /

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Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, engaged in a Twitter feud with a small Montana energy firm on Wednesday, after she and others questioned the firm’s controversial $300 million contract to assist the hurricane-ravaged US territory.

Whitefish Energy Holdings https://www.whitefishenergy.com/ was awarded the contract last month to restore Puerto Rico’s power grid, but it raised eyebrows recently as the island has struggled to provide power to more than 75% of residents weeks after Hurricane Maria hit on September 20.

Cruz called the no-bid contract "alarming" and demanded it be voided in light of ethical discrepancies, Yahoo News reported Wednesday.

David Choi

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