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Issuer:     AVISTA CORP (AVA)
CIK:        0000104918
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-03T10:08:32+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-329442
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Avista reports wildfires in Spokane area damage infrastructure, 5,300 gas customers without service
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- Three major fires as of Aug 2 affect over 8,000 acres and destroy over 600 structures; none contained.
- Avista's facilities not involved in starting fires; extensive damage to transmission and distribution in West Spokane.
- Approximately 5,300 natural gas customers remain without service due to wildfire damage and access restrictions.
- Transmission damage may cause periodic outages; Avista asks customers to voluntarily conserve energy.
- Avista restored PSPS-affected customers, but active wildfires continue to impact electric and gas service.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000119312526329442/0001193125-26-329442-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000119312526329442/ava-20260801.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-329442

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