Taryn: Don’t Look To Avista For Help

Taryn Hecker: I’m delighted that Avista’s CEO is putting warm and fuzzy and sympathetic letters out to the community in the form of half-page and full-page ads saying that Avista will work with people in these tough economic times, but when you call up and ask about payment arrangements it couldn’t be further from the truth. The proposal they gave me was something like this: Pay us $500 this week and another $100 next week and we won’t shut off your power. And yes, they will take a credit card.

Question: Anyone out there with something nice to say about Avista?