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IID & Citizens commission community solar project dedicated to low-income customers

With the symbolic flip of a switch, clean, green electric power began flowing from a first-of-its-kind community solar project that will provide renewable energy to, and lower the electric utility bills for, all of IID’s qualified, low-income customers in the Imperial and Coachella valleys.

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Day in and day out, your publicly owned Imperial Irrigation District proudly delivers low-cost, reliable energy service to its customers in the Imperial and Coachella valleys.

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IID schedules public hearings to gain input on wildfire mitigation plan

IID has scheduled two public hearings in September on a proposed plan to mitigate wildfire dangers in the utility’s service area.

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IID and Mexican energy provider recognize successful partnership

In an example of how parties from two countries can collaborate to serve the public good and strengthen relations, officials from the IID and Mexico’s Centro Nacional de Control de Energía gathered today to salute their successful joint US-Mexico partnership.

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IID Board recognizes Student Employment Program

The IID Board of Directors, during Tuesday’s regular meeting, recognized the district’s Student Employment Program.

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IID Board and Dippy Duck present 2019 summer activity grants

IID water safety mascot Dippy Duck and the IID Board of Directors presented $16,000 in summer activity grants to eight Imperial Valley communities as part of the district’s water safety campaign during the board’s June 18 meeting.

IID honors Gil Perez for his dedication to energy consumers

The IID Board of Directors, during the board’s regular meeting of May 21, paid tribute to Gil Perez, a founding member of IID’s Energy Consumer’s Advisory Committee, who continued to represent energy consumers until his unexpected death in late April at the age of 84.

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IID welcomes new Energy Department manager

IID, the third largest public power provider in California, announces the hiring of Marilyn del Bosque Gilbert as the district’s Energy Department manager. Her first day on the job was May 13.

IID Custom Energy Solutions Program for businesses

To help business owners incorporate energy-efficient equipment, processes and measures in their commercial space, IID offers assistance through its recently bolstered Custom Energy Solutions Program.

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IID acts to advance Salton Sea restoration projects

The IID Board of Directors, Tuesday, approved an agreement with the state of California that paves the way for restoration projects identified in the state’s 10-year Salton Sea Management Program to move forward.

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IID Board declares May “Water Safety Month”

With desert temperatures on the rise and the need to remind the public that the safest way to avoid drowning in canals and drains is to stay away from them, the Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors has declared May to be Water Safety Month.

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Salton Sea is focus of IID’s legal challenge to Drought Contingency Plan

On the same day President Trump signed the Drought Contingency Plan into law, IID filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging violations of the California Environmental Quality Act by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

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Statement by Erik Ortega, President, Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors, on passage of DCP legislation

“Whether the passage of this Drought Contingency Plan will improve the sustainability of the Colorado River is an open question. What we know for sure is that it is a dramatic setback for the sustainability of the Salton Sea, which makes it, in my view, the first casualty of this DCP.

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IID Board President Erik Ortega statement on DCP federal legislation

Today the House Natural Resources Committee and Senate Energy Committee introduced legislation to authorize the federal Drought Contingency Plan.

The Salton Sea is a disaster in the making. California isn’t doing anything to stop it

By The LA Times Editorial Board / California’s largest internal body of water is steadily drying up, exposing a lake bed that threatens to trigger toxic dust storms and exacerbate already high levels of asthma and other respiratory diseases in Southern California.

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Prepared Remarks by Erik Ortega, President IID Board of Directors, on DCP, March 18, 2019

Today in closed session, the IID Board of Directors took no action on the Drought Contingency Plan and has so advised the Colorado River Board of California, which is holding its own special meeting to take up the DCP matter later in the day.

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IID Board takes immediate action to protect district from legislative threat

The IID Board of Directors voted Tuesday to take immediate steps to help inform its decision-making regarding the electrical services the district provides in the Coachella Valley.

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IID General Manager Henry Martinez addresses MWD Water Planning and Stewardship Committee on DCP

Henry Martinez, IID general manger, spoke before the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee today, stressing the importance of supporting the state of California’s Salton Sea Management Plan.

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Statement by Erik Ortega, President, IID Board of Directors on DCP

IID remains committed to the DCP process and to voting on the DCP agreements as a package, but the Salton Sea has to be acknowledged for what it is: An indispensable part of that package, not an invisible one.

IID statement regarding Assemblyman Mayes' legislation

Imperial Irrigation District and the IID Board of Directors have proudly served and represented its valued customers in Imperial and Coachella valleys with some of the lowest energy rates in California.