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Avista Makes Price Adjustment Request in Washington
Overall change in electric prices would be effective July 1, 2025SPOKANE, Wash., March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avista (NYSE: AVA) has made a filing with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (Commission or WUTC) that, if approved, will result in an increase of $15.3 million, or 2.1 percent, in electric rates in Washington, effective July 1, 2025. The request reflects a rate adjustment to recover from customers certain deferred power supply costs tracked in the Company’s Ene
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