An outage knocked out power to more than 600 Imperial Irrigation District customers in the Coachella area Tuesday, but most had their electricity restored by midday.
An outage knocked out power to more than 600 Imperial Irrigation District customers in the Coachella area Tuesday, but most had their electricity restored by midday.
Nearly 400 Imperial Irrigation District customers in the Mecca area lost power Monday, but while electricity was restored for almost half of them, it could take eight to 12 hours to get all of the power turned back on.
The Board of Supervisors Tuesday ratified a local emergency declaration connected to a windstorm that toppled power poles in parts of the Coachella Valley, causing $2 million in damage and knocking out electricity to hundreds of homes and businesses. “The windstorm caused serious infrastructure damage,” Riverside County Emergency Management Director Bruce Barton told the board. […]
An estimated 1,308 power customers in communities east of the Salton Sea were without power for a second day Friday as crews worked to repair wind-damaged infrastructure in the region. Gusty winds toppled 14 power poles near Bombay Beach in Imperial County about 4:20 a.m. Thursday, leaving about 3,400 Coachella Valley customers without power in […]
As new payment programs roll-out for IID customers, scammers are seeing it as an opportunity to make money. IID officials tell NBC Palm Springs in less than a year they have accrued a debt of over $11 million dollars, and now they are working with their customers to try and decrease that amount. “The Imperial […]
The Imperial Irrigation District which services Imperial County and parts of San Diego and Riverside Counties is 11.3 million dollars in debt. Most of it accruing from delinquent accounts, just from this past year. NBC Palm Springs spoke to IID officials who explain how this debt quickly grew and how people can get assistance. This […]
