Up until December 30th, NTUA District and Electric Construction Department electric line crews and electricians worked 10-hour days, including weekends, except for Thanksgiving Day, Navajo Nation Family Day and Christmas Day.

 

NTUA’s initial goal was to connect 510 families. NTUA exceeded this goal by extending electricity to the homes of 211 families.

 

As a result of efforts by NTUA and Neighboring Utilities:

• 737 families are now connected to the electric grid

•  683 families by NTUA crews

• 54 families by neighboring utility crews

 

• NTUA has completed the Salt Springs South (AZ) project, thereby connecting the last 12 CARES Act funded families.

 

Neighboring Electric Utility Partnerships

 

NTUA created partnerships with the neighboring electric utilities that serve homes on the Navajo Nation to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. These families are living beyond the reach of NTUA’s electric distribution system but are in close proximity to a powerline of another electric utility provider.

 

NTUA reached out to neighboring electric utility providers, which include Arizona Public Service (APS), Continental Divide Electric Cooperative (CDEC), Jemez Mountain Electric Cooperative (JMEC), and Socorro Electric Cooperative (SEC), to develop a meaningful solution for these families. As a result, these companies identified homes they were able to connect.

 

This is the first time NTUA has established this type of partnership with these neighboring electric utilities.

 

• Jemez Mountain Electric Cooperative (JMEC)

24 planned projects in (NM) - all projects completed

• 24 homes connected - 6 in Counselor; 3 Huerfano; 9 in Nageezi, 6 in Torreon

 

• Continental Divide Electric Cooperative (CDEC)

24 planned projects in (NM) - all projects completed

•  24 homes connected - 1 Baahaali, 3 Baca Prewitt;

•  1 Chichiltah, 4 Churchrock, 1 Littlewater, 1 Red Rock

•  1 Rock Springs, 2 Smith Lake, 2 Thoreau, 3 Tohajilee’, and 5 Tsayatoh

 

• Arizona Public Service (APS) - 5 homes connected in (AZ)

• 2 homes connected in Tuba City; 3 homes connected in Cameron

 

•  Socorro Electric Cooperative (SEC) - 1 home in Alamo Bend

 

 

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