Protecting Long-Term Tribal Energy Jobs and Keeping Arizona Water and Power Costs Affordable: the Current and Future Role of the Navajo Generating Station PDF Download

Author: Subcommittee on Water and Power joint with the, Subcommittee on Water and Power joint with the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives
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ISBN: 9781477678558
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Languages : en
Pages : 106

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Since 1975, the Navajo Generating Station has produced 2,250 megawatts of inexpensive electricity. That is more than produced by the entire Hoover Dam. It employs 545 workers, 80 percent of whom are members of The Navajo Nation and Hopi Indian Tribe. It pays workers an average of over $100,000 per year in wages and benefits. In addition, the nearby coal mines employ another 422 tribal workers. Royalties from coal sales comprise 80 percent of the budget of the Hopi Indian Tribe. The problem is this. Beginning in 1998, environmental extremists began a concerted effort to shut down the inexpensive coal-fired electricity upon which our economy depends. Their first victim was the Mojave Generating Station.