Item: Avista Salaries Increase in 2006 …

… Compensation paid to top 5 Avista Corp. executives was $2.28 per cuss-tomer in 2006 /Rick Thomas, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: Gary Ely, Avista’s chairman of the board and chief executive officer, earned a total of $3.3 million in 2006, which included a $510,404 increase in the value of his pension plan.

DFO: And almost every year, these cads return to the public utility commission, hat in hand and crying great crocodile tears, and ask for higher rates. The Power Company Formerly Known As Washington Water Power is moving up on my list of least favorite corporations.

Question: What would be legit compensation for the money grubbers running The Power Company Formerly Known As Washington Water Power?