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FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2017, file photoInterior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks on the Trump Administration’s energy policy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. The Trump administration said Oct. 27 it had no involvement in the decision to award a $300 million contract to help restore Puerto Rico’s power grid to a tiny Montana company in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown. White House spokesman Raj Shah said Friday that federal officials played no role in the selection of Whitefish Energy Holdings by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2017, file photoInterior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks on the Trump Administration’s energy policy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. The Trump administration said Oct. 27 it had no involvement in the decision to award a $300 million contract to help restore Puerto Rico’s power grid to a tiny Montana company in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown. White House spokesman Raj Shah said Friday that federal officials played no rol…

October 27, 2017

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White House disavows power contract
October 27, 2017 11:37 a.m.

White House disavows power contract

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration scrambled Friday to distance itself from the decision to award a $300 million contract to help restore Puerto Rico’s power grid to a Whitefish-based company from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown.