SRP crews help bring electricity to 9 more remote Navajo Nation homes

PHOENIX – Nine more homes on the Navajo Nation now have electricity after Salt River Project (SRP) crews helped connect them to power lines.

SRP line crews brought electricity to the nine remote homes, installing 149 poles and more than 81,801 feet of electrical line, according to a press release from the power and utility provider.

Line workers from more than 44 companies across 20 states, including 14 SRP employees, worked as part of the Light Up Navajo VI initiative. Crews dug 178 holes during the process, authorities said.

The work was part of an initiative called Light up Navajo, which began in 2019 with the goal of bringing power to homes that have never had it before.

The partnership between the America Public Power Association and Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, originally launched as a pilot program and has since held annual events each April.

Since the program began, Light Up Navajo has brought electricity to more than 889 homes.

According to SRP, 75% of all U.S. households without power are located on the Navajo Nation. Homes on Navajo Nation are often dispersed to the point that it requires several miles of electrical lines and poles to power a single house. An estimated 10,407 families living on the Navajo Nation do not have electricity, according to authorities.

The Light Up Navajo project’s 2025 operations will continue through the weekend with crews returning home on Sunday.

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