San Carlos Apache Chairman Terry Rambler wants answers after the northern half of the reservation in southeastern Arizona was without electricity for nearly a day after a storm blew down a major electrical transmission line.
"This kind of electrical failure is usually equated with developing countries, not the United States," Rambler said in a statement Monday.Tribal officials say the transmission line fails routinely and leaves residents and businesses without power — sometimes for days. The power outage Saturday disrupted mobile phone service, shut down two community wells and forced the hospital to use a backup generator, the tribe said.
The transmission line, in a remote area between Coolidge Dam and Winkelman, dates back to 1924 when the BIA established the San Carlos Irrigation Project to provide electricity to residents on and off the reservation, and irrigation water and pumping to private landowners.It’s still owned by the BIA, one of three such utilities around the country. The other two serve the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona and California, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Montana.
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