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Defense News: US spent $60 million on Afghan energy project that doesn’t work, watchdog says
WASHINGTON ― U.S.-led power grid improvements meant to provide electricity to Afghan towns are not operational due to mismanagement by the Army Corps of Engineers, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction reported Wednesday.
The North East Power System project heaped failure on failure, potentially wasting the project’s $60 million price tag, according to SIGAR. USACE failed to secure the rights to the land where the power lines were to be built, which led the Afghan contractor to build haphazardly around Afghan homes. USACE also failed to include a contract provision to permanently connect some improvements to a power-source.
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WNU Editor: The Inspector General's report is here.
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The Puerto Rican power Grid is under Democrat Party Management.
Puerto Ricans have had enough and want to privatize it.
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