Planning Meeting For Next Light Up Navajo Scheduled For Sept. 14

by Paul Ciampoli
APPA News Director
September 7, 2022

A virtual planning meeting for the next Light Up Navajo mutual aid initiative will take place on Sept. 14, 2022.

The meeting for Light Up Navajo IV is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. EST and will include remarks from Joy Ditto, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association (APPA), Walter Haase, General Manager, Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA), Srinivasa Venigalla, Deputy General Manager, NTUA, Shannon Burnette, Assistant Manager, NTUA, and Deenise Becenti, Public Affairs Manager, NTUA.

For more Information, contact Burnette at: shannonb@ntua.com, (928) 729-6248, Paulette Wauneka, paulettew@ntua.com;  (928)-729-6560 or Chelsea Zahne, chelseaz@ntua.com  (928) 729-6452.

APPA worked with NTUA on Light Up Navajo III to help volunteers continue to bring electricity to families in need.

During April-June 2022, 69 volunteers from 14 utilities in 10 different states worked to electrify 137 Navajo Nation homes.