RESIDENTS OF IMPERIAL AND COACHELLA VALLEY!

Data centers and other large energy-intensive developments are targeting Imperial Valley and Coachella Valley. These projects require enormous amounts of electricity and can place significant demands on our public energy infrastructure, often passing the cost to ratepayers.

IID is considering a Large Load Tariff intended to ensure these projects help pay for the costs they could create. But the proposal must be strengthened to ensure residents and small businesses are not left subsidizing infrastructure built primarily for large private developments.

The current proposed tariff would only apply to customers with a load factor above 85%. However, research by Energy+Environmental Economics suggests that many large energy users, like data centers, may operate below that threshold. Lowering the qualifying load factor to 65% would help ensure that projects placing significant demands on the grid contribute to the infrastructure and not allow them loopholes to bypass the tariff.

Send a public comment today and tell IID: protect ratepayers, strengthen the Large Load Tariff, and make large energy users pay their own way.