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Issuer:     AVISTA CORP (AVA)
CIK:        0000104918
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-22-026781
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Avista borrows $100M term loan & expands revolver $50M amid gas/power price spikes
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- Entered $100M term loan credit agreement with U.S. Bank and MUFG, maturing March 30, 2023; borrowed full amount.
- Amended KeyBank revolver to increase by $50M to $100M total, maturing November 28, 2023; no borrowings as of Dec 19.
- Cites natural gas and power prices 5-8 times normal, driving liquidity needs for commodity purchases and margin calls.
- Both facilities unsecured with variable rates based on SOFR or Alternate Base Rate; includes covenant debt-to-cap ratio ≤ 65%.
- Proceeds used for short-term liquidity obligations and general corporate purposes amid expected winter volatility.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017022026781/0000950170-22-026781-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017022026781/ava-20221214.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-026781

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