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Imperial Irrigation District to Vote on Purchasing 50 MW of Geothermal Energy (Imperial Valley Press)

The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Board of Directors will have its regular bi-weekly meeting on Tuesday. Among the items to be discussed is the approval of purchase of geothermal energy from the Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area.

The IID board will discuss and consider an agreement with Cal Energy to purchase 50 megawatts of its geothermal portfolio in the Salton Sea. This is a 10-year agreement and the proposal would help IID increase its renewable energy standards. It would be 9.3 percent of IID’s renewable energy requirement for the third compliance period.

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