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  1. Electric Utility Operations

Linemen Connect Navajo Families to the Grid

Nov. 9, 2019
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority partnered in 2019 with the American Public Power Association to create an electrification project called Light Up Navajo. 

By bringing first-time electricity to the Navajo Nation, line workers were able to change lives and make a difference. Over the course of six weeks, the volunteers for Light Up Navajo (LUN) connected 233 homes, dramatically changing hundreds of Navajo families’ lives.

The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority partnered with the American Public Power Association to power as many homes as possible on the 27,000-sq-mile Navajo Nation. Electric line crews from Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ohio, Texas and Utah traveled to the Navajo Nation for the project. 

This photo gallery takes a look at the hard work and dedication of these volunteer linemen. For more information, read the feature story. 

About the Author

Walter W. Haase

Walter W. Haase is general manager of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA). In 2008, he took over the helm of the multi-utility owned and operated by the Navajo Nation, the largest land-based Native American tribe in the United States. Haase began his public power career with a BSEE from the University of Illinois. He later earned his MBA degree from Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University. In addition to being a licensed professional engineer in Illinois and North Carolina, he is former chairman of the American Public Power Association. For the past 11 years at NTUA, he has been dedicated to finding avenues to connect the homes of thousands of Navajo families living without electricity.

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