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Thank God this isn't being swept under the rug.
The tiny Montana company that won a huge Puerto Rico power contract has new damaging allegations on its hands
Although Whitefish paid electrical linemen from Florida hourly rates that ranged from $42 to $100, Prepa, Puerto Rico's public power company, was billed $319 an hour for these subcontractors, the Times discovered. Whitefish is additionally charging Prepa $412 a day for food and lodging for its workers and also apparently charged three times the standard rate for aviation fuel and double the rate for a helicopter rental, the Timesreports, citing "people with knowledge of the Whitefish contract."
The tiny Montana company that won a huge Puerto Rico power contract has new damaging allegations on its hands
Although Whitefish paid electrical linemen from Florida hourly rates that ranged from $42 to $100, Prepa, Puerto Rico's public power company, was billed $319 an hour for these subcontractors, the Times discovered. Whitefish is additionally charging Prepa $412 a day for food and lodging for its workers and also apparently charged three times the standard rate for aviation fuel and double the rate for a helicopter rental, the Timesreports, citing "people with knowledge of the Whitefish contract."