ready to take it on, to restore puerto rico s very vulnerable power grid, a company that is only two years ago and with very few employees. the contract is not canceled just yet. puerto rico says it plans to exercise that cancellation clause in the contract. it will let whitefish carry out its work here in the meantime. as i have been on the streets just today talking to puerto ricans, there is a sense of frustration that is just palpable. it has been more than a month since hurricane maria and many are still without power. frustrated because many have lost their jobs because of businesses that cannot open at this time. on a day when only 29.7% of the power generated capabilities is up and running. puerto ricans continue their frustration with the power system. christine, dave. on the one hand criticizing
says there should be a full investigation into the $300 million deal. the contracting process behind it. and the details that led to where we are today. remember, this is a controversial contract that many believed was a big task for a company that just perhaps wasn t ready to take it on, to restore puerto rico s very vulnerable power grid, a company that is only two years ago and with very few employees. the contract is not canceled just yet. puerto rico says it plans to exercise that cancellation clause in the contract. it will let whitefish carry out its work here in the meantime. as i have been on the streets just today talking to puerto ricans, there is a sense of frustration that is just palpable. it has been a month and many are still without power. frustrated because many have lost their jobs because of businesses that cannot open at this time. on a day when only 29.7% of the
the contract is not canceled just yet. puerto rico says it plans to exercise that cancellation clause in the contract. it will let whitefish carry out its work here in the meantime. as i have been on the streets just today talking to puerto ricans, there is a sense of frustration that is just palpable. it has been a month and many are still without power. frustrated because many have lost their jobs because of businesses that cannot open at this time. on a day when only 29.7% of the power generated capabilities is up and running. puerto ricans continue their frustration with the power system. christine, dave. yeah. leyla santiago, thank you so much for that.
only two years ago and with very few employees. the contract is not canceled just yet. puerto rico says it plans to exercise that cancellation clause in the contract. it will let whitefish carry out its work here in the meantime. as i have been on the streets just today talking to puerto ricans, there is a sense of frustration that is just palpable. it has been a month and many are still without power. frustrated because many have lost their jobs because of businesses that cannot open at this time. on a day when only 29.7% of the power generated capabilities is up and running. puerto ricans continue their frustration with the power system. christine, dave. yeah. leyla santiago, thank you so much for that. you can say this is a scrappy company that say we can get this done. guys up there hanging off
really, what we are talking about is not so much power that you plug into the wall, but political power. there s a lot of questions raised of what influence was raised. let me paraphrase a statement that just came out from whitefish itself in reaction to what the governor wants to do, which is basically tell the power authority here to end the deal. whitefish says we are very disappointed in the decision to cancel the contract which led to the announcement this afternoon. they go on to say, we will certainly finish any work that they want us to complete and stand by our commitments knowing how important it is to the puerto rican people. they also mentioned something, which many had been thinking about here, that is, this is only going to delay the process of getting the power back on to people. right now, it s 29.7%. that is how limited the