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" FACTS . ~IGURES Water Established in 1911, lID's Water Department delivers water to 500,000 acres of Imperial Valley fannland, through a 1,675-mile network of laterals and canals. Power lID entered the power inpustry inl936 when it recogn4:ed its potential'for low- cost hydroelectric energy from its five falling water drops along the All- AmericanCanal. lID's fIrst power customers, however, were served electricity produced at its diesel generation plant in Brawley. lID expanded its power system to the CoachellaValley with the 1943 purchase of the Nevada-CalifolJlia Electric Company .By that time, Drops 3 and 4 of' the All-American Canal were generating hydroelectric power. lID now'ranks as the sixth largest power utility in California, based on power consumption. With the repowering of Unit 2 at the EI Centro Steam Plant, lID became the fIrst utility in California to build new power plant capacity in the 1990s. IIP-Owned~~~ratin9'P'I..nts . MlY El Centro Steam Plant..........................~... 265 Yucca Steam Plant ..........,.......................~... SO Gas Turbines ~..........................;;.............. 148 Hydroelectric (at minimum flow}............ 24 Total lID-oWned ....u......................~.... 487 FirmPowerpurc:hases MlY Arizona Public Service (ends 10/95)....... 100 El Paso Electric (ends 2002) ................,.. I SO , So. Calif: Public Power Authority Palo Verde ...........................;................ 14 San Juan ................................................... 104 Western Area Power Admin. .................. 33 Total fIrm purchases ........................... 401 Total all sources .................................. 888 Service Area Area served by IID ...... 6,471 square miles Power Projects To keep pace with the growing demand for electricity and maintain electric system reliability, lID must continue to add to its system. nD is currently proposing construction of a 2.5-mile transmission line from the Coachella Valley's Avenue 42 Substation to the KN/KS Line. As part of the Avenue 42 Transmission Loop Project, the substation will also be modified to accommodate the required 230-kV to 92-kV transformation to serve its power customers. lID's expansion projects also include the repowering of Unit 1 at the EI C<;ntro Steam Plant. With a planned in-service date of May 1999, Unit 1 will generate 38 MW of electricity - enough to serve 7,600 residences. Future conversion of this gas- powered unit to a combined-cycle unit is expected to generate an additional 14 MW of energy. . ~ Peak Load 1994 peak demand .............,......... 619 MW Power Miles of Line Miles 1,290 342 Transmission lines ......................... Subtransmission lines .................... Distribution lines Overhead & underground ........... 3,382 Customers (As of February 1995) Residential ............. ........ ...... ....... Commercial & Industrial............ Agricultural (pumping) ............... Other ........................................... Total customers .................. Meters 69,940 11,650 998 1,492 84,080 @ liD uses recycled paper 1995 lID entered the power ~usiness in 1936. Today, llD serves electricity to more than 84,000 connections in the Imperial County and parts of Riverside. and San Diego counties. IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT.