20251223Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: JEFFREY R. LOLL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: DECEMBER 23, 2025
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF AVISTA CORPORATION'S APPLICATION FOR
APPROVAL OF THE 2026 WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN; CASE NO.
AVU-E-25-15.
On December 9, 2025, Avista Corporation ("Company") applied to the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission("Commission")requesting an order approving its 2026 Wildfire Mitigation
Plan.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff ("Staff') recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of
Application and Notice of Intervention Deadline establishing a twenty-one (21) day intervention
period.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a twenty-one (21) day intervention period?
Jef rey R. Loll
Deputy Attorney General
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