Avista Corp 8-K, filed Sep 21, 2020
Avista Corp (AVA)
About this 8-K
Avista Corp filed this 8-K on September 21, 2020, reporting on events of September 18, 2020.
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Web site: http://www.myavista.com
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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Section 8 – Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events.
There have been several fires in Avista Corporation’s (Avista Corp. or the Company) region in early September. Avista Corp.’s investigation has determined that the primary cause of the fires in its region was extreme high winds, a weather event that triggered wildfires and affected electric utilities throughout the Pacific Northwest. To date, the Company has not found any evidence that the fires were caused by any deficiencies in its equipment, maintenance activities or vegetation management practices. However, the Company has become aware of instances where, during the course of the storm, otherwise healthy trees and limbs, located in areas outside its maintenance right-of-way, broke under the extraordinary wind conditions and caused damage to its energy delivery system at or near what is believed to be the area of origin of a wildfire. Those instances include what has been referred to as: the Babb Road fire (near Malden and Pine City, Washington); the Christensen Road fire (near Airway Heights, Washington); and the Mile Marker 49 fire (near Orofino, Idaho). Parallel investigations by the Department of Natural Resources are ongoing, and Avista Corp. is fully cooperating with these efforts.
Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101.) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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AVISTA CORPORATION |
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(Registrant) |
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September 21, 2020 |
/s/ Mark T. Thies |
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Mark T. Thies |
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Executive Vice President, |
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Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer |