On December 13, 2016 and December 14, 2016, management of Avista Corporation (Avista Corp. or the Company) will be participating in meetings with investors and analysts in New York, New York. The same business update presentation will be used at all of the meetings. A copy of the business update presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is available in the “Investors” section of Avista Corp.’s website at http://investor.avistacorp.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=97267&p=irol-calendarpast.

As part of this update, Avista Corp. expects to confirm earnings guidance for 2016. The 2016 earnings guidance was included in Avista Corp.’s third quarter of 2016 earnings release furnished on Form 8-K on November 1, 2016. The 2016 earnings guidance is subject to the risks, uncertainties and other factors set forth or referred to in such earnings release, the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2016.

The information in this report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Business update presentation dated December 2016, which is being furnished to Item 7.01.

The inclusion in this Current Report or in Exhibit 99.1 of a reference to Avista Corp.’s Internet address shall not, 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.

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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