Imperial Irrigation District crews are making progress restoring power to the Salton City area.

As of Sunday evening, power has been restored to all but 208 customers in the Salton City area. IID crews are continuing to work to energize the system. and expect by midday Monday, another 91 customers will be back on line. Remaining customers without electricity are located west of Highway 86 in Salton City and power will be restore when repairs to downed poles are made. The IID has asked all energy customers in the Salton City area to help the district maintain energy delivery by conserving energy. This can be done by turning off unnecessary lights and avoiding the use of major appliances. 

More than 70 IID power poles were knocked down during Tuesdays wind storm with the Imperial Valley's northland, especially the Salton City area, hardest hit.