You are willfully ignorant again of course. Maliciously so, I might add.
Small company from Trump Interior chief's hometown wins massive contract to restore PR's power
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It's pretty standard when somebody wants to terminate or change a project to halt it, catch up the pay for everything done to that point. Only then can new negotiations start.
And yet, you don't enlighten us with your wisdom about what I was ignorant about. Hit and run posting?
So you know what 'overcharging' is in terms of building out power grids?
And you read the contract and all the clauses and deemed none of them strange?
GTFOOH!!!! Moron!
It was so stupid I actually forgot already...
Puerto Rico Electric Contract Concerning, But Normal
http://www.pogo.org/blog/2017/10/puerto-rico-electric-contract-concerning-but-normal.html
http://www.pogo.org/blog/2017/10/puerto-rico-electric-contract-concerning-but-normal.html
No good deed goes unpunished.
The nerve of this co wanting to help!
A few snippets from WaPo...
The current work by Whitefish teams will not be affected by the cancellation and that work will be completed in November, Ramos said. He said the cancellation will delay pending work by 10 to 12 weeks if no alternatives are found.
He said Whitefish brought 350 workers to Puerto Rico in less than a month and it expected to have 500 more by this week. Chiames said the company completed critical work, including a project that will soon lead to a half million people in San Juan getting power.
Ramos said the company contacted Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority two days before the storm hit, at a time when it was becoming clear the hurricane could cause massive damage.
Ramos earlier said he had spoken with at least five other companies that demanded rates similar to those of Whitefish, but also wanted a down payment the agency did not have.
He said Sunday he hadn’t consulted with anyone else about signing the deal and didn’t notify the governor’s office for a week. He again praised Whitefish’s work.
“They’re doing an excellent job,” he said.
“There’s nothing illegal here ... Of that, we’re sure,” he said, adding that he welcomes a federal investigation. “The process was done according to the law.”
The nerve of this co wanting to help!
A few snippets from WaPo...
The current work by Whitefish teams will not be affected by the cancellation and that work will be completed in November, Ramos said. He said the cancellation will delay pending work by 10 to 12 weeks if no alternatives are found.
He said Whitefish brought 350 workers to Puerto Rico in less than a month and it expected to have 500 more by this week. Chiames said the company completed critical work, including a project that will soon lead to a half million people in San Juan getting power.
Ramos said the company contacted Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority two days before the storm hit, at a time when it was becoming clear the hurricane could cause massive damage.
Ramos earlier said he had spoken with at least five other companies that demanded rates similar to those of Whitefish, but also wanted a down payment the agency did not have.
He said Sunday he hadn’t consulted with anyone else about signing the deal and didn’t notify the governor’s office for a week. He again praised Whitefish’s work.
“They’re doing an excellent job,” he said.
“There’s nothing illegal here ... Of that, we’re sure,” he said, adding that he welcomes a federal investigation. “The process was done according to the law.”
Both other utilities (based in Florida) that have mutual aid agreements with PREPA refused to step up due to PREPA's inability to pay. No other firm in the U.S. is stepping up to the fill the gap. Southern came out this week and explicitly stated they would not provide power line workers. I expect all the other utilities in the U.S. to do the same.
The loss of Whitefish means Puerto Rico will likely not get power back in many areas till next summer.
Except of Cobra (owned by Mammoth) providing under 100 contractors and the military providing an engineering unit -- no other company has stepped forward to provide linemen to help PREPA. Most of the island is going to be in the dark for a long time.
Great job in terminating Whitefish which had over 200 contractors on the island at the time the contract was pulled. <-- Note: this is sarcasm.