Embed from Getty Images Weeks after the island of Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria, aid is still getting wrapped up in a political storm instigated by the Trump administration. Most recently, it was reported that a company from northwest Montana called Whitefish Energy Holdings LLC had signed a contract worth $300 million with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) in order to restore power. Since the storm, the US Army Corps of Engineers claimed that the storm affected 80 percent of Puerto Rico's electrical grid. It's been reported that the first group of employees from Whitefish Energy arrived on September 26. So far as of last Thursday, 300 subcontractors and employees arrived. A spokesman for the company, Chris Chiames, said that they were looking to rebuild 100 miles of transmission lines. The company said they expect to have a total of 1,000 employees working to restore power. Whitefish Energy's tied to Trump administration
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