By Nolan Madden | Arizona Journal
State Senator Carlyle Begay, R-District 7, recently sponsored energy production legislation that could signal a major infrastructure shift for the region through the formation of a proposed power district in Navajo County.
The bill was drafted Dec. 30, 2015, and has since been tabbed as SB1506.
By loose definition, a power district is a utility improvement zone organized to set up and administer a project to produce and distribute electric power to consumers. Power districts also function to calculate and collect assessments for funds to build a power plant, which are then administered by a municipality or county.
