(Restoration complete)…The IID made the announcement Sunday.
In a release, the Imperial Irrigation District said they have completed the restoration of the 2.5 mile span consisting of over 50 transmission and distribution poles on its 92kv K-line and 13.5kv V distribution circuit systems damaged during a microburst storm that occurred June 5. A total of 1,836 IID customers were affected when high winds knocked down poles and interrupted power service. IID crews traveled to Mecca had restored power to almost 1,800 customers within 90 minutes of the outage. An emergency declaration was issued by the IID Board on June 10th due to the severity of the damage.