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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-003549"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVA"
cik: "0000104918"
company_name: "AVISTA CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T04:02:47.218554+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avista Corp. reports FY 2022 net income $155.2M ($2.12 EPS), confirms 2023 guidance $2.27-$2.47 EPS

## Summary
- FY 2022 net income $155.2M ($2.12 diluted EPS) vs $147.3M ($2.10) in 2021; Q4 net income $78.0M ($1.05 EPS) vs $50.9M ($0.71).
- Avista Utilities segment earnings $117.9M ($1.61 EPS) down from $125.6M ($1.79) due to higher power supply costs and inflation.
- Other businesses segment earnings surged to $29.7M ($0.41 EPS) from $14.6M ($0.21) on increased fair value of biotech investment.
- Confirmed 2023 consolidated earnings guidance range of $2.27 to $2.47 per diluted share.
- Filed multi-year rate plan in Idaho in Feb 2023; Washington rate case settlement approved in Dec 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-003549
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVA
- cik: 0000104918
- company_name: AVISTA CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017023003549/0000950170-23-003549-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017023003549/ava-20230222.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AVISTA CORP reported the year ended Dec. 31, 2022 results: net income $155.2 million, EPS $2.12 per diluted share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the year ended Dec. 31, 2022
  - Net income: $155.2 million
  - EPS: $2.12 per diluted share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Avista Corp. ( NYSE: AVA ) today reported net income of $155.2 million, or $2.12 per diluted share, for the year ended Dec. 31, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017023003549/0000950170-23-003549-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  AVISTA CORP reported the fourth quarter of 2022 results: net income $78.0 million, EPS $1.05 per diluted share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the fourth quarter of 2022
  - Net income: $78.0 million
  - EPS: $1.05 per diluted share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the fourth quarter of 2022, net income was $78.0 million, or $1.05 per diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017023003549/0000950170-23-003549-index.htm

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