U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district hired PowerSecure Inc. in 2017 via a sole source time-and-materials contract for power grid repair and restoration in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, but the government says the firm improperly withheld pricing data.
Veteran engineer and municipal environmental manager Ted Henifin will manage city's troubled drinking water system, while local and federal officials negotiate a consent decree.
The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant has supported a variety of projects aimed at cutting fossil fuel emissions and making buildings more efficient.
State changes, scaled back from 'emergency' status and set for Dec. 5 official release, would raise first-floor elevations and expand flood zone boundaries unchanged since 1999.