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1411 E. Mission
Spokane, W A 99252
To the top 5 executives that received the LARGE incentive bonuses.
Your company has always appeared to me to be fair and honest with your customers. I
along with others accept the rate increases as a necessa cost of doing business, which of
course is how it is presented to us.
Now, I for one, am confd, disilusioned and borderig angr. Pleas help me
understand why you are increasing your fees while you are having record profit years and
are giving bonuses in exorbitant amounts.
Coeur d' Alene is such a wonderf place to live. I feel the people are honest, frendly
and trstworty. Your staf is all of those things, however, somethng is drtically wrong
with this pictu. Especially since you ar the only game in town, which makes us
captive, to whatever you want to do.
Than you for your reply, which I wil eagerly await.
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2009 MAR 30 PM 2: S2
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
Re: Avista Rate Increase Request
To Whom It May Concern:
Enclosed are copies of my power bil showing rate increases in both October and November of2008.
Also, I have enclosed a copy of the front page ofthe March 25, 2009 local newspaper anouncing
BIG pay incentives and bonuses. When is enough, Enough? Average incomes are down, wages
are down, people are losing their jobs and Avista wants another rate hike! My income wil drop by
approximately 50% this year. My mother is on fixed income and can barely make her payments as
it is.
Sincerely,
urry Butler
(an Avista customer - tired of being gouged by high income executives!)
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See INSPECTION, Page 3
isses inspection Avista Corp.
incentive pay
sees big jump
By BILL BULEY
Hagadone News Network
COEUR d'ALNE ~ A good year
for Avista Corp. in 2008 resulted in
more incentive pay for its top execu-
tives.
The company filed its annu-
al proxy statement with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on Tuesday.
The total incentive pay in 2008
for five Avista executives was nearly
$850,000, up dramatically from
$135,000 in 2007.
The tota compensation for Scott
Morris, chaiman of the board,
president and CEO, was $2.2 mil-
lion, alost double the $1.2 millon
he received in 2007. His base salary
rose to $626,308, up from $52,461.
Jessie Wuerst, communications
manager for the company, said
Morris took on new titles last year
as chaima of the board and CEO."With the promotions came a
raise," she said.
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472 W. Washington street
Boise Idaho 87370
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Incentive payouts
increase as
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. By BILL BULEY
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COEUR d'ALENE-A
'good year for Avista Corp.
in meeting its goals in 2008
resulted in more incentive pay
for its top executives.rIlie COmpany filed its annu-
al proxy state-
.. ment with the .._"
U.S. Securities
, and Exchange
Coirussion 011
Tuesday.: i. . 11ie total
incentive pay Morris
in 2008 for jive
Avista executives was nearly
$850,000, up dramatically from
$135,000 in 2007.rIlie tottl compensation for
Scott Morris, c!iairman
see AVISTA, A2
Coeur d' Alene Press
201 N. 2nd street
Coeur d' Alene, Idaho 83814
[phone]
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AVISTA
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of the board, president an,d ÇEO, was $2.2 mil-
lion, almost double the $1.2 millon he received
in 2007: His base salary rose to $626,308, up
from $452,46L":¡~_"i":." . :
Jessie Wuerst, co"rrJûications.manager for
the company, said Morris took on new titles last
year as chairman of the bçard and CEO.
"With the promotions came a raise," she said.'
Morris' stock awards totaled $620,897, up
, from $324,192l~st, year, while his m,centJve :pal.. Ito
. ~was $404,597, a Jump from $43,196.in.2007 when. .
::l!!y~~t9.r:f9.~l._s,e"çlJf!r~t~ß~. pot meL. _. .... -'--1~'The salary and compensation of other execu.~::1
tives for 2008, when Avista had net income of ¡
$73.6 millon, included:
. Malyn Malquist, executive vice president
and former chief financial officer, received a
base salary of $362,115, up rrOm $350,000. il1e
total comp package was $1 million, up from
$799,360 last Year. ,
. Maria!l Durkin senior 'yice president and
general counsel and chief còmpliance officer,
earned a base salary of $273,075, up from
$264,992 in 2007. Total compensation was
$719,542, up from 602,662. . (:.
. Karen Feltes, senior vice president, was
paid $238,077, up from $213,192. Her total com-
pensation was $694,0361 ,up froir $495,012.
. David Meyer; vice'presidentårdchief
CQwi~elJor, regulatory~andgQyernmental affairs,
earned .$240,000, with a total cò-mpensationof. '
$519, 930, up £rom $502,874 in:Z007; ,
While all four alscùeceived substatial
increases in incentive pay in 2008 £rom the
previousyear, Wuerst said the long-term stock
incentive awards are paid by shareholders, not
Avista Utiities customers. ',.
Wuerstsaid the salaries and compensation'
packages for Avista's executives fall into the
mid-range of similar companies. They are neces-
sary to be competitivt in the marketplace and
keep the best employees, she sàid.
Avista is proposing net electric rate increase
of 7.8 percent and a natural gas,rate increase of
3 percent in Idaho, but Avista points' out that the
amount of compensation included in rates for all
of Avista's officers is about a half-cent of every
dollar customers pay for energy.
Wuerst said there are several triggers regard.
ing executive incentives.
"Executives' incentive compensation is
customer-focused and performance-based,
Customer service targets must first be met.
Executive offcers then must alsol1eet investor-
focused capital spending and earnings-per-share
targets fora proportional payout of theirannuàl
cash incentive,"an Avista report said.
Avista serves i 21,000 electric and more than
93,000 natural gas customers in Idaho.
/~~llo1
Jean Jewell
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From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Gene Fadness
Monday, March 30, 2009 4:46 PM
Jean Jewell
FW: Consumer Complaint/Inquiry Form
- - - - -Original Mes sage - - - --
From: Front
Sent: Monday, March 3e, 2ee9 8: e4 AM
To: Gene Fadness
Subject: FW: Consumer Complaint/Inquiry Form
- - - - -Original Message- - - --
From: bullockruth~hotmail. com (mail to: bullockruth~hotmail. com)
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2ee9 2:27 PM
To: Front; Beverly Barker; Ed Howell
Subject: Consumer Complaint/Inquiry Form
A Complaint/Inquiry from ruth & richard bullock follows:
- - ----- - -- - -- - --- - - - - -- - - -- - - - -- - - --
Name: ruth & richard bullock
Contact E-Mail: bullockruth~hotmail.com
Daytime Telephone: 2e8 44834e9
Home Address: 224 ri versong lane box 45City: priest river
State: ID
Zipcode: 83856
If this concerns a Business, Business Name:
Business Address:
Business Phone:
Name of Utility Company: avista
Have you contacted the utility regarding your concern?: yes
Please describe your question or complaint briefly:
Apparetly Avista has raised thier rates wi thout notification of intent. In this time of
terrible hardship, I can not understand their reqiest, much less their ability to receive an
increase. Several months ago, I sent in a request to have them lower their rates and was
ignored. There is only a minor difference between the morality of raising rates of a utility
that has a monopoly and the banks that are being bailed out. The large conglomerates steal
money from the taxpayers though bailouts because they are 'to big to let fail', and Avista
appropriates millions directly from the users because they are a monopoly. We have no say in
the matter. The executavies of all garner huge MILLION dollar salaries plus BONUSES and
other perks. Those of us on ordinary and often fixed incomes, who do not have the
organization and incomes to hire high priced lawyers are left with swollowing whatever they
choose to do. It is obscene that the Commission should have blessed this unwarranted and
CRUEL increase. Lowering the rates would have been a more just.
i
Avista wrote a letter to the community telling us how much they were i concerned with the
people of the community. i What a cruel and obscene act as directors trot off to play in the
sand. We are outraged!!! And outraged at the commission for letting it happen.
The form submitted on http://www.puc.idaho.gov/forms/cons/cons.html
IP address is 148.78.37.222
cons
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