Photo Gallery: Co-op Volunteers Help Power Navajo Nation

Volunteers from 17 electric co-ops throughout the U.S. helped bring electricity for the first time to remote homes like this this one on Navajo Nation. (Photo Courtesy: Navajo Tribal Utility Authority)

A crew from Wells Rural Electric Co. in Nevada works to install infrastructure to bring electricity to Navajo Nation homes. (Photo Courtesy: Navajo Tribal Utility Authority)

Eau Claire Energy Co-op from Wisconsin was one of a record 17 electric co-ops that sent volunteers to the Light Up Navajo project in 2025. (Photo Courtesy: Navajo Tribal Utility Authority)

Jack Johnston (in yellow shirt), CEO of Delta-Montrose Electric Association in Colorado, works with Wade Wilson, a line superintendent, on the Light Up Navajo project. (Photo Courtesy: DMEA)

Crews from Delta-Montrose Electric Association in Colorado volunteered for the Light Up Navajo project for the the third consecutive year. (Photo Courtesy: DMEA)

Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative lineworkers break up the rugged, rocky terrain so they can plant power poles to bring electricity to homes in Navajo Nation. (Photo By: Stephanie Wilson/WREC)

Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative volunteer crews worked 7,500 feet up a mountain in fierce winds while bringing power to Navajo Nation residents. (Photo By: Stephanie Wilson/WREC)

Volunteer lineworkers from Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative in Florida erect power poles to bring electricity to homes in some of the remotest parts of Navajo Nation. (Photo By: Stephanie Wilson/WREC)

Journeyman lineworkers from Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative in Florida volunteered to help bring electricity to residents of Navajo Nation who have lived their entire lives without power in their homes. (Photo By: Stephanie Wilson/WREC)