Brothers and sisters, I'd like to remind you about last year's article, "Light Up Navajo: Linemen Bring Electricity and Love to a Nation in Need," from the January 2020 issue of The Electrical Worker.

I'm challenging you to have your local union donate to this cause. $5,500 lights up one home in the Navajo Nation, where 15,000 of the 55,000 homes have never had electricity. Because the houses are spread so far apart, there's enormous cost just to get power lines to many Navajo homes. As individual members, I hope you'll contribute what you can to this cause, too. As IBEW members, it is our calling to help people with their power issues, and there's nothing more gratifying than helping a family in need get basic things like refrigeration or lights that we take for granted. This situation is unacceptable in 2021, and we can all do our part to help rectify this.

Visit the American Public Power Association's 'Light Up Navajo' page for information on how to donate: publicpower.org/donate-light-navajo.

Thank you.

Gary Johnson, Local 332 retiree
San Jose, Calif.

I read with great interest about how the IBEW stepped in to rescue an Ohio solar project [May 2021 Electrical Worker, "IBEW Steps in to Rescue Ohio Solar Project"]. The article mentioned that there are more than 30 solar projects in the pipeline in the state.

I live in Wadsworth, Ohio. Our city owns its electric distribution system and has since the early 1900s.

The city recently completed two solar fields. I believe the solar fields contribute about 20% of the electricity requirements for the city.

I don't know if this is unusual that a city built its own solar field, but I thought it might make an interesting story for the Electrical Worker.

Thank you for producing an interesting paper. Keep up the good work.

Robert Delong, Local 306 retiree
Akron, Ohio

Editor's Note: In this issue, read about the largest municipal solar installation in the U.S., also in Ohio. While the city of Cincinnati won't officially own the $125 million New Market solar site, it has entered into an agreement to buy the power generated there for the next two decades.