San Juan mayor feuds with energy firm when it threatens to stop work after audit request

A letter sent by Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello to the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general’s office on Wednesday touched off a Twitter feud and later apology by the small Montana-based company that earned a contract to restore power on the island.
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"If @WhitefishEnergy feels that asking for transparency is 'misplaced,' what are they afraid we will find," she tweeted.

Whitefish responded to Cruz on Twitter and asked if it should send its workers home or allow them to keep working in the city.

"We’ve got 44 linemen rebuilding power lines in your city & 40 more men just arrived. Do you want us to send them back or keep working?" Whitefish Energy tweeted Wednesday.

Cruz responded with the following statement: "They are threatening not to do their job which frankly is quite irregular for a company hired to the work for the public sector."
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Whitefish later apologized for the comments, saying it wished to "make good progress" and help everyone in Puerto Rico.
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Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill have also called for an investigation into the contract.

Many lawmakers questioned why the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority had chose to work with Whitefish instead of reaching out to the American Public Power Association, which normally matches states hit by disasters with nearby public power utilities who have offered up crews and equipment.
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