20160526Morris Exhibit 1.pdf

DAVID J. MEYER
VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF COUNSEL FOR
REGULATORY & GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
AVISTA CORPORATION
P.O. BOX 3727
1411 EAST MISSION AVENUE
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 99220-3727
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION ) CASE NO. AVU-E-16-03
OF AVISTA CORPORATION FOR THE )
AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES )
AND CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE ) EXHIBIT NO. 1
TO ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS IN THE )
STATE OF IDAHO ) SCOTT L. MORRIS
)

FOR AVISTA CORPORATION

(ELECTRIC)

Exhibit No. 1
Case No. AVU-E-16-03
S. Morris, Avista
Schedule 1, p. 1 of 1
Description of Avista Utilities:
Avista Utilities provides electric and natural gas service within a 26,000 square mile area
of eastern Washington and northern Idaho1. Of the Company’s 374,962 electric customers (as of
December 31, 2015), 128,499 were Idaho customers. The Company, headquartered in Spokane,
also provides natural gas distribution service in southwestern and northeastern Oregon. A map
showing Avista’s electric and natural gas service areas is provided in Exhibit No.1, Schedule 2.
As of December 31, 2015, Avista Utilities had total assets (electric and natural gas) of
approximately $4.4 billion (on a system basis), with electric retail revenues of $763 million
(system) and natural gas retail revenues of $297 million (system). As of December 2015, the
Utility had 1,736 employees.

1 Avista also serves approximately 25 retail electric customers in western Montana.
Avista’s Electric and Natural Gas Service Areas

Exhibit No. 1
Case No. AVU-E-16-03 S. Morris, Avista
Schedule 2, p. 1 of 1