U.S. Department of Energy

An estimated 15,000 households on the Navajo Nation lack electricity. But efforts are underway to bring power via off-grid solar systems to residents in some of the most isolated communities there.

The projects will accelerate clean energy development on current and former mine lands in Arizona and four other states.

The $366 million plan will fund solar, battery storage and hydropower projects in sparsely populated regions where electricity can be costly and unreliable.

The new $2.7 million solar-powered microgrid will provide about 50% of the electricity for Grand Canyon West, which is home to the Grand Canyon Skywalk and other attractions.

UniSource Gas, which serves 165,000 gas customers in the southern and northern portions of the state, says residential bills could jump by as much as 13% this winter.

The federal government is investing in machines that suck giant amounts of carbon dioxide out of the air in the hopes of reducing damage from climate change.

Independent federal investigators say there are significant issues related to fire training at the U.S. government’s nuclear waste repository in New Mexico.

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm visited the Navajo Nation Thursday to discuss renewable energy development on tribal lands.

The U.S. Secretary of Energy will be meeting with Navajo and Hopi tribal leaders over the next two days to discuss energy opportunities for rural communities in Arizona.

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded more than a million dollars to the Navajo Nation to bring electricity to two-dozen homes. It’s part of a broader renewable energy initiative within the Biden administration designed to create tribal energy resilience.