(Energy Conservation Awareness)...The Imperial Irrigation District has created new notifications for communicating with customers to take action to conserve energy during times when electricity may be in short supply.

Starting this summer, IID's new conserve alert notifications will alert energy customers of the need to conserve energy, seeking voluntary participation. The District says while they carefully plan for times when electricity may be in short supply, and typically the power grid has ample reserves to satisfy demand around the clock, due to the harsh weather conditions in their service area there are times when supply margins are tight, especially during the summer, when air conditioning use drives up electricity demand. The notifications come in 4 stages; Green, conserve alert, generally occurs during heat waves when electrical demand is high. Stage 1, yellow, energy contingency reserve shortfalls exist, or are forecast to occur. Stage 2, orange, IID has taken mitigating actions and foresees or has implemented procedures up to but excluding interruption of firm load commitments. And Stage 3, Red, IID is unable to meet contingency reserve or load requirements, and load interruption is imminent or in progress. Go to the IID website, consumer alert for more detailed information.