- Murray City Power crew helped electrify Navajo Nation homes in April 2025.
- The Light Up Navajo program aims to provide power to 9,300 families.
- Murray is among 44 utilities participating in the humanitarian initiative in 2026.
SHIPROCK, New Mexico — At the intersection of volunteerism and humanity is an effort to bring light to the homes of people living on the Navajo Nation.
Last month, a crew from Murray City Power traveled a part of the reservation in northern New Mexico to electrify homes as part of the Navajo Nation’s Light Up Navajo mutual-aid program. It marked the fifth time they rendered assistance.
The initiative began in 2019 to extend electricity to families without access to utilities. Cities from across the country, including Utah, have taken part in the effort each year — except in 2020 and 2021 when organizers canceled it due to COVID-19 restrictions…