Avista
Avista Corp is an electric and natural gas utility company. The company has two business segments including Avista Utilities, which provides electric distribution and transmission, and natural gas distribution services in parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho, and also provides natural gas distribution service in parts of northeastern and southwestern Oregon. Avista Utilities has electric generating facilities in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. AEL&P is a regulated utility providing electric services in Juneau, Alaska that is a wholly-owned subsidiary and the primary operating subsidiary of AERC.www.myavista.com
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Oct 8, 2026
Mary KippGUEST
Does this mean there's wildfire risk?" I mean, Smokey Bear is, is from near where I grew up in, in New Mexico, so I, I'm very attuned to wildfire.
Mary KippGUEST
And Puget Sound's territory, PSE's territory, a little bit different from Avista.
Mary KippGUEST
We're on the side of the Cascades that tends to be moister air blowing off the oceans.
Mary KippGUEST
Historically not as much concern around wildfire.
Clark MatherGUEST
My parents had moved there, um, from Montana and Oregon in the '50s, and that's where I spent my time.
Clark MatherGUEST
And, uh, I really didn't know much about the work that I'm doing today, advocating for the hydropower system, at the time, despite the fact that when we were Washington Water Power customers that's now Avista, they have hydropower facilities right there on the Spokane River.
Derek YoungHOST
Yeah.
Clark MatherGUEST
And so I'm very proud of my Eastern Washington roots.
Bryan AlbrandtHOST
Is that the eyelashes?
Joe PaisleyHOST
Yeah, so eyelash-ies to Avista Utilities, and then Eskimo kissies are with your, with your nose.
Bryan AlbrandtHOST
Nose-ies.
Joe PaisleyHOST
I'm j- I know that Eskimo is not a thing that you can say anymore.
Troy OppieHOST
Lauren Patterson reports.
Lauren PattersonCORRESPONDENT
Energy company Avista was installing a gas line when the remains were discovered.
Lauren PattersonCORRESPONDENT
Nakia Williamson-Cloud, the cultural resources program director for the Nez Perce tribe, says the company stopped work to mitigate further impacts to the site.
Lauren PattersonCORRESPONDENT
But he says the tribe doesn't usually tell the public how it handles ancestral grave sites.
Devin MeachamGUEST
Yeah.
Devin MeachamGUEST
So he was the, he was the general manager for all power production for Avista for the tail end.
Devin MeachamGUEST
He just retired for the tail end of his career.
Devin MeachamGUEST
So that's how we came here.
Ryan CallaghanHOST
The easements were paid for with federal grant money and private donations.
Ryan CallaghanHOST
The most recent one, for instance, included $10.2 million from the U.S. Forest Service's Forest Legacy Program, $250,000 from Avista Utilities, $150,000 from Northwest Energy, $1,015,000 raised privately by the Trust for Public Lands, old Meat Eater Land Access Initiative.
Ryan CallaghanHOST
We kicked into this one.
Ryan CallaghanHOST
$80K, I think.
Luke DupinGUEST
Talk to
Ken StaalGUEST
Avista and talk to Kootenai.
Ken StaalGUEST
They cannot do it at a rate that is...
Ken StaalGUEST
If they can prove need.