NYSE, AVA - Avista Corp
Avista Corporation (Avista Corp. or the Company), incorporated in the state of
Washington in 1889, is an energy company engaged in the generation, transmission
and distribution of energy as well as other energy-related businesses. As of
December 31, 2007, we employed 1,473 people in our utility operations and 644
people in our subsidiary businesses. Our corporate headquarters are in Spokane,
Washington, the hub of the Inland Northwest. Agriculture, mining and lumber were
the primary industries in the Inland Northwest for many years; today health
care, education, finance, electronic and other manufacturing, tourism and the
service sectors are growing in importance.
In May 2006, our shareholders approved a proposal to proceed with a statutory
share exchange, which would change our organization to a holding company
structure. If the implementation of the holding company structure is approved by
regulators on terms acceptable to us, it may be completed sometime in 2008. ...
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