Note: This story has been updated to reflect that the contract was canceled Sunday afternoon.

BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. -- The CEO of a company that received a highly scrutinized contract to restore power to Puerto Rico was born and raised in Baldwinsville.

Andrew Techmanski's company, Whitefish Energy Holdings in Montana, was recently awarded a $300 million contract for restoration of Puerto Rico, which was devastated by Hurricane Maria.

On Sunday, though, the head of Puerto Rico's power company said the agency will cancel the contract.

The contract drew scrutiny because the company had only two employees when it was awarded and is headquartered in the hometown of Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. (The company has since rapidly hired 300 more employees.)

Techmanski's LinkedIn profile shows that he attended the Utica branch of Mohawk Valley Community College. He's been identified as a Baldwinsville native in a report about the contract from Buzzfeed and in social media posts.

He attended the Baldwinsville Central School District, according to The Post-Standard news reports at the time.

Since graduating in Utica, Techmanski's profile lists many leadership positions at companies in Denver, Canada, the United Kingdom and San Diego. He went on to become CEO of Whitefish two years ago.

Earlier Sunday, Puerto Rico's governor, Ricardo Rossello, asked the governing board of Puerto Rico's power authority to immediately cancel its contract.

Two days ago, officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency expressed "significant concerns" about how Techmanski's company won the contract and are investigating.

The Puerto Rican power company's, Ricardo Ramos, has said that Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority reached a deal with Whitefish just days before the hurricane struck, saying that he spoke with at least five other companies that demanded similar rates, in addition to a down payment the agency did not have.

Ramos also said the Federal Emergency Management Agency had approved of the deal, something the agency has denied.

Techmanski also told The New York Times this month his company won the contract because he maintained better communication with the power authority than other companies. He also flew to Puerto Rico in a "leap of faith" in hopes of getting the contract.

Whitefish Energy Holdings is based in Whitefish, Montana. Zinke, a former Montana congressman, knows Techmanski, and Zinke's son also had a summer job at a Whitefish construction site.