20251020Minute_Order.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
October 20,2025
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF AVISTA ) CASE NO. AVU-TAE-25-01
CORPORATION'S REQUEST FOR )
APPROVAL OF THE STATE OF IDAHO )
USAGE TAX TARIFF SCHEDULE 57 ) MINUTE ORDER
On October 1, 2025,Avista Corporation("Company") submitted Tariff Advice No. AVU-
TAE-25-01, seeking Commission approval of Schedule 57, State of Idaho Usage Tax Tariff
Schedule ("Schedule 57"). The purpose of the filing is to implement the State of Idaho kilowatt-
hour("kWh") tax to be billed to customers pursuant to Idaho Code § 63-3502B and § 63-3502C,
enacted by Idaho House Bill 329.Idaho Code § 63-3502B establishes a tax rate of$0.000923 per
kWh to be billed to Idaho customers. Idaho Code § 63-3502C establishes an exemption from the
per kWh tax for customers using electricity for the purposes of pumping water for irrigation or
drainage purposes. The Company's Tariff Advice No. AVU-TAE-25-01 proposed an effective
date of January 1, 2026.
Commission Rule of Procedure 134.02 directs that no tariff advice will be effective unless
the public and the Commission have been notified pursuant to applicable sections of Title 61 of
the Idaho Code. IDAPA 31.01.01.134.02. Additionally, no tariff advice takes effect on less than
30 days' notice, "unless the Commission finds good cause to approve the earlier effective date."
Id.
Having reviewed the record and finding the notice of the Company's proposed Tariff
Advice meets the requirements of Rule 134.02, the Company's Tariff is approved, as filed,
effective as of January 1, 2026.
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DATED at Boise, Idaho this 20"' day of October 2025.
YRD _DGE,/RENT
OHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER
DAYN HARDIE, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
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L a Calderon Robles
Interim Commission Secretary
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