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• Lower gas rates in Idaho begin today

  March 1, 2012 in Idaho on Page A10 Avista’s Idaho customers will pay less for natural gas after state regulators approved the utility’s request to lower rates beginning today. The Idaho Public Utilities Commission approved Avista’s request to … 1

• Settlement reduces Avista rate increase

  October 1, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 Avista Corp. announced a multiple-party settlement Friday that could cut the amount of its proposed electric and gas rate hikes for Washington customers. Meanwhile, the Spokane-based utility has reached an … 1

• Avista bills in Idaho may drop

  August 27, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 Avista Corp. has reached a proposed settlement over the company’s request for higher electric and natural gas rates for Idaho customers. If approved by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, the … 1

• Avista agrees to settlement of rate increase request

  August 26, 2011 in Idaho Avista Corp. has reached a proposed settlement over the company’s request for higher electric and natural gas rates for Idaho customers. If approved by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, the … 3

• Idaho decision on Avista hike not imminent

  July 24, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 The Idaho Public Utilities Commission will take up to six months to consider Avista Utilities’ request for higher electric and natural gas rates, officials announced last week. Avista had hoped … 4

• Avista seeks Idaho rate hikes

  July 6, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Avista Corp. is asking Idaho regulators for permission to raise rates for electricity and natural gas. The Spokane-based utility says it would use the additional revenue to replace aging electrical …

• Avista asks for higher rates in Idaho

  July 5, 2011 Avista Corp. is asking Idaho regulators for permission to charge more for electricity and natural gas. 5

• Avista Idaho rates subject of workshop

  December 10, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A7 Staff from the Idaho Public Utilities Commission will hold a Dec. 20 workshop on unresolved issues from the last Avista Utilities rate case. 2

• Hearing set for Avista hikes for Idaho customers

  August 25, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 Avista’s Idaho customers can participate in a 7 p.m. hearing Thursday via telephone regarding the utility’s request for rate hikes. To listen or participate, customers should call (800) 920-7487. The …

• Avista wants to expand program

  June 7, 2010 in City on Page A6 Avista Utilities is asking the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to allow an increase in the size of customer-owned power generation projects that qualify for the company’s net metering program. Avista …

• Idaho to study Avista request for six months

  March 13, 2010 in Idaho on Page B3 The Idaho Public Utilities Commission will spend six months reviewing Avista Utilities’ request for more money to pay for natural gas energy efficiency programs, officials announced Friday. The utility wants … 1

• Ed corridor piece closer

  September 19, 2009 in City on Page B1 The BNSF Railway Co. is asking the federal government for permission to abandon 6.23 miles of rail line stretching from downtown Coeur d’Alene to Post Falls. The railroad company is … 1

• Lower Avista rate hike proposed in Idaho

  June 15, 2009 in City, Idaho The Idaho Public Utilities Commission staff is recommending that Avista Utilities take a smaller rate increase than the Spokane company is requesting. 1

• Idaho Power must sell ‘green’ credits

  May 26, 2009 in Business on Page A6 BOISE – After complaints by Idaho Power Co.’s largest customers, regulators have ordered the state’s biggest utility to sell about $2 million worth of renewable energy credits and use the …

• More struggle with heating bills

  February 6, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 More Idaho households are having trouble paying their heating bills, according to the state’s Public Utilities Commission, which says that some poor families spend up to half of their income …

• Avista wins rate hikes

  October 2, 2008 in Idaho on Page B1 Start putting money away for those winter heating bills. Avista Corp.’s Idaho customers will see double-digit rate increases on their next monthly statements.