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“NTUA considers proposals that will ensure a positive difference,” said NTUA General Manager Walter W. Haase. “We understand that families along this route had lost hope because they have been waiting for years. With this partnership, our goal is to restore that lost hope as we extend utility service to the area.”
According to the proposal, NTUA will support the contribution by providing matching funds and building the project. In year one, the NTUA funding projection is $1.1 Million. Overall, the owners of NGS will contribute $2 Million over three years beginning in 2012.
“For many of us, having access to electric service can be taken for granted,” said NGS manager Robert Talbot. “We welcome the opportunity to work with the NTUA and the LeChee Chapter to bring members of the community with no access to electricity, a product that will have a lasting and positive impact on their lives.”
In the first year, the NTUA/NGS project will construct power lines to 17 homes. In year two, 28 homes will receive electrical power, and in year three 17 homes will receive power for the first time.
NGS, located on the Navajo Indian Reservation near Page, is one of the largest and most important suppliers of electricity in the Southwest. The plant is managed by the Salt River Project and employs nearly 550 people, more than 80 percent of whom are Navajo. Other participants in NGS include the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Arizona Public Service Co., Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Tucson Electric Power Co. and NV Energy.
NTUA supplies and extends electricity, natural gas, water, wastewater treatment, renewable energy and telecommunications (including wholesale transmission of voice, data, graphics and other information) services to homes and businesses throughout the 27,000 square mile Navajo Nation and neighboring communities.
