Public Power Utility Crews Head to Arizona for Project to Bring Power to Navajo Nation Households

by Paul Ciampoli
APPA News Director
March 31, 2023

Public power utility crews have started to deploy to Arizona to participate in Light Up Navajo, a project to extend electric service to households on the Navajo Nation.

Light Up Navajo is a joint effort between the American Public Power Association and the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority. Light Up Navajo IV starts in April and runs through June 2023.

In April, crews from the following public power utilities are scheduled to take part in the effort:

• Salt River Project
• Grand River Dam Authority
• Littleton Electric Light & Water
• Greenville Utilities
• Spanish Fork Power & Light
• City of Westerville
• SMUD
• Roseville Electric Utility
• Austin Energy

Crews from the following public power utilities are scheduled to deploy in May and June:

• Norwich Public Utilities
• Conway, Arkansas
• Fayetteville Public Utilities
• Murray City Power
• Hamilton, Ohio

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