Imperial Irrigation District News

More than 300 people turned out today for the dedication of the new 49.9-megawatt Hudson Ranch geothermal plant near Calipatria at the south end of the Salton Sea.

One month after protesting rate increases at the Metropolitan Water District in Los Angeles, the San Diego County Water Authority proposed boosting prices for local agencies by nearly 10 percent in 2013.

An alliance of Imperial Valley residents and former San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre on Tuesday released a report that criticized the Imperial Irrigation District and raised questions about the landmark 2003 sale of water to the San Diego County Water Authority.

The Winterhaven and Yuma Proving Ground fire departments responded to a call of a structure on fire in the Imperial Irrigation District housing area early Thursday morning.

While it may dispute some of the findings in a report on a Sept. 8, 2011 blackout , the Imperial Irrigation District remains committed to working constructively and expeditiously with other transmission operators, balancing authorities, regional coordinators and regulatory agencies to enhance the overall reliability of the bulk electric system, IID ... (more)

Greenleaf Power, a Sacramento-based biomass power company, on Tuesday started delivering power from its Desert View power plant to the Imperial Irrigation District.

Federal regulators said Tuesday that a massive power outage last year in the U.S. Southwest might have been avoided if grid operators had been running the transmission system in a safer, more effective manner.