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Why did they fire that consulting company that was doing work? Was it purely for political reasons?

skybrian 9y ago
It was political, but they were also charging a lot and outsourcing the actual work, apparently. Some of the same subcontractors are still working in Puerto Rico.
sp332 9y ago
I'm not even sure why they were given the contract in the first place. But it might have been "political". https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/whitefish-energy-holdings-contract-fbi/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/whitefish-energy-hol... FEMA says they wouldn't support it. The FBI launched an investigation, and the PR governor wanted the contract to be cancelled because the investigation was a distraction. http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/14/news/economy/prepa-whitefish-congress-hearings/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/14/news/economy/prepa-whitefish... Whitefish claims they quit because PR was $86 million behind in payments. https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/20/us/puerto-rico-power-whitefish-halts-work/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/20/us/puerto-rico-power-whitefis... Edit: They're not a consulting company, they were supposed to be (hiring subcontractors to) get actual work done. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitefish_Energy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitefish_Energy
- knob 9y ago
  As a full-life Puerto Rican, living here and having been here for Maria and Whitefish... Whitefish was doing its job. There were lots of trucks, lots of crew, going around actually repairing the grid. Was it a contract vs no-contract? Was Whitefish overcharging? Is Whitefish a consultancy versus contractors? Was it too much money? IDGAF!! They were doing it. Actually fixing the system. Yet for whatever set of reasons, they no longer are. We are super thankful to the New York Power Authority, thankful for ConEd, thankful for the Georgia people, the Florida people, the crews from other beautiful States of the Union. Super thankful. Yet Whitefish was actually working. I don't know if it's all ex-colonies in Latin America, yet it's always the same thing. Lets destroy what those guys are doing because they're not us. And I had generators all the time and grid-power has been restored to my house! Imagine if I didn't have power yet! How would this post go about?
  - chillwaves 9y ago
    > Was it a contract vs no-contract? Was Whitefish overcharging? Is Whitefish a consultancy versus contractors? Was it too much money? IDGAF!! Not very productive for your long term self interest. Something is better than nothing, but that's a truly low bar. > Yet for whatever set of reasons, they no longer are. This information is widely available on the internet and even within the comments of this post.

It was political, but they were also charging a lot and outsourcing the actual work, apparently. Some of the same subcontractors are still working in Puerto Rico.

sp332 9y ago

I'm not even sure why they were given the contract in the first place. But it might have been "political". https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/whitefish-energy-holdings-contract-fbi/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/whitefish-energy-hol... FEMA says they wouldn't support it. The FBI launched an investigation, and the PR governor wanted the contract to be cancelled because the investigation was a distraction. http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/14/news/economy/prepa-whitefish-congress-hearings/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/14/news/economy/prepa-whitefish... Whitefish claims they quit because PR was $86 million behind in payments. https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/20/us/puerto-rico-power-whitefish-halts-work/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/20/us/puerto-rico-power-whitefis... Edit: They're not a consulting company, they were supposed to be (hiring subcontractors to) get actual work done. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitefish_Energy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitefish_Energy

knob 9y ago
As a full-life Puerto Rican, living here and having been here for Maria and Whitefish... Whitefish was doing its job. There were lots of trucks, lots of crew, going around actually repairing the grid. Was it a contract vs no-contract? Was Whitefish overcharging? Is Whitefish a consultancy versus contractors? Was it too much money? IDGAF!! They were doing it. Actually fixing the system. Yet for whatever set of reasons, they no longer are. We are super thankful to the New York Power Authority, thankful for ConEd, thankful for the Georgia people, the Florida people, the crews from other beautiful States of the Union. Super thankful. Yet Whitefish was actually working. I don't know if it's all ex-colonies in Latin America, yet it's always the same thing. Lets destroy what those guys are doing because they're not us. And I had generators all the time and grid-power has been restored to my house! Imagine if I didn't have power yet! How would this post go about?
- chillwaves 9y ago
  > Was it a contract vs no-contract? Was Whitefish overcharging? Is Whitefish a consultancy versus contractors? Was it too much money? IDGAF!! Not very productive for your long term self interest. Something is better than nothing, but that's a truly low bar. > Yet for whatever set of reasons, they no longer are. This information is widely available on the internet and even within the comments of this post.