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Issuer:     AVISTA CORP (AVA)
CIK:        0000104918
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-100533
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Avista CEO Dennis Vermillion to retire Dec 31, 2024; Heather Rosentrater named CEO effective Jan 1, 2025
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- Dennis Vermillion steps down as CEO and board member Dec 31, 2024; will stay as EVP and advisor until Q1 2025.
- Heather Rosentrater, current President and COO, named CEO and board member effective Jan 1, 2025; first female CEO.
- Rosentrater joined Avista in 1996; held roles in transmission, distribution, gas supply; became COO in 2022.
- Vermillion directed Avista through pandemic, supply chain issues, regulatory changes, grid modernization, wildfire risk.
- Rosentrater's CEO compensation package to be determined later by board.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017024100533/0000950170-24-100533-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017024100533/ava-20240822.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-100533

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