Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority kills controversial Whitefish contract

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's executive director Ricardo Ramos confirmed Sunday afternoon the energy company has canceled a $300 million contract with Montana-based Whitefish Energy following the governor's request earlier in the day.

Ramos told reporters in Puerto Rico they chose to cancel the agreement due to negative attention surrounding the deal, but said "it does not respond to the fact that there was something outside the law," according to a Spanish report of the briefing.

Ramos added the U.S. territory had not yet paid Whitefish.

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