(IID  pandemic debt resolved)...The delinquent debt was created by late power bill payments.

The Imperial Irrigation District energy customers, once behind in power bill payments during the height of the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020, are no longer delinquent. Belen Valenzuela, IID's chief financial officer, told the board recently that the good news was that the debt has been paid off. She said the debt amounted to $11.3 million in consumer delinquencies in December 2020. Valenzuela delivered the report at the March 1st Board of Directors meeting. The 2020 debt was created between March and December of that year when the district temporarily suspended electric service disconnections to provide a form of relief to customers during the uncertainties of the pandemic. The district worked with 9,000 customers on payment installment plans and partner agencies to provide financial assistance for the unpaid balances.