Local Opinion: TEP must be a better corporate citizen

For nearly a half-century, the Navajo Nation has helped transform the city of Tucson into a prosperous and growing city by hosting one of the coal-fired power plants that powered its lights and economic activity.

The Navajo Nation provided the labor, the land and the water to keep coal plants owned by Tucson Electric Power Company and other utilities operating, and had hoped that when the time came to shutter these coal plants TEP would assist the Navajo in making a transition to a new economy.