Last month, Salt River Project announced that line workers based out of Tempe Service Center were working to provide electricity to families on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona whose homes have never had power.
Many elders on the Navajo Nation have waited a lifetime to have electricity in their homes, according to the SRP announcement, which means they lived without basics such as heating, air conditioning, a refrigerator or running water. Since starting to work last Monday, April 4, two SRP line crews, which total 10 employees, have worked 12-hour days and provided electricity to 20 homes so far.
Public power utilities like SRP are donating manpower, equipment and materials to help the Navajo Nation. The public is also invited to participate in the Light Up Navajo initiative by making cash or material donations. To learn more, visit www.publicpower.org/donate-light-navajo.
Following are images from the successful humanitarian project.