[1st-mile-nm] Sacred Wind Utilizing Solar Power to Serve Navajo Nation Residents

[Richard Lowenberg]

NM PRC Unanimously Approves Sacred Wind’s Proposal to Provide Telecom 
Service to Isolated Navajo Communities

http://www.nmprc.state.nm.us/rssfeedfiles/pressreleases/2017-9-27LovejoyStronglySupportsPhoneCompanyUtilizingSolarPowerToServeNavajoNationResidents.pdf

SANTA FE – During a public meeting Wednesday, September 27, Commissioner 
Lynda Lovejoy motioned to approve Sacred Wind’s petition for a variance 
to use the New Mexico Universal Service Fund for solar powered units to 
provide voice and Internet service to homes without electricity on 
Navajo Lands.

“The new technology Sacred Wind proposes will provide enough solar 
energy to power up a fixed wireless subscriber antenna, a 
voice/broadband modem, a computer and at least one desk lamp,” stated 
Commissioner Lovejoy. No less than 150 homes of residents who live in 
the most rural Navajo areas in New Mexico will benefit tremendously from 
this technology.

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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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