AVISTA CORPORATION (NYSE:AVA) Files An 8-K Other Events

AVISTA CORPORATION (NYSE:AVA) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events.

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On January 15, 2019, Avista Corporation (Avista Corp.) and Hydro One Limited (Hydro One) announced that in light of the recent decisions by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission and the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to deny Hydro One’s acquisition of Avista Corp., the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) issued an order (Order 19-008) suspending indefinitely the current procedural schedule in its merger docket until Hydro One and Avista Corp. inform the OPUC that they have sought a reversal of the denial decisions through appeal or other means that would provide a justiciable issue for the OPUC to address.

A copy of a press release announcing the OPUC decision is filed as Exhibit 99.1.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits

Press release dated January 15, 2019.

Neither the filing of any press release as an exhibit to this Current Report nor the inclusion in such press release of a reference to Avista Corp.’s Internet address shall, under any circumstances, be deemed to incorporate the information available at such Internet address into this Current Report. The information available at Avista Corp.’s Internet address is not part of this Current Report or any other report furnished or filed by Avista Corp. with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

AVISTA CORP Exhibit
EX-99.1 2 ex-991orsuspensionofmerger.htm PRESS RELEASE Exhibit Exhibit 99.1Press Release                 Hydro One and Avista receive notice of abeyance in Oregon TORONTO and SPOKANE,…
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About AVISTA CORPORATION (NYSE:AVA)

Avista Corporation is an electric and natural gas utility with certain other business ventures. The Company operates through two business segments: Avista Utilities, and Alaska Electric Light and Power Company (AEL&P). Avista Utilities segment generates, transmits and distributes electricity, and distributes natural gas serving electric and natural gas customers in eastern Washington and northern Idaho and natural gas customers in parts of Oregon. AEL&P is a utility providing electric services in Juneau, Alaska. It operates other businesses, including sheet metal fabrication, venture fund investments and real estate investments, as well as certain other investments of Avista Capital, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company. Through Advanced Manufacturing and Development (AM&D), doing business as METALfx, the Company performs custom sheet metal fabrication of electronic enclosures, parts and systems for the computer, construction, telecommunication, renewable energy and medical industries.

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