Homes scattered throughout the country’s largest reservation could get power in the next four months.
The seventh annual installment of Light Up Navajo will kick off Saturday.
The initiative is an annual aid program that seeks to electrify homes throughout the Navajo Nation.
SRP, APS and over four dozen other utilities throughout the country will deploy crews to install electrical wire, dig holes, set power poles and bring power to some of the nearly 10,000 homes without it.
Last year, Light Up Navajo reached a new milestone, electrifying over 1,000 homes in four months.
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