Avista efforts
Avista has been planning for today for many years. In the 1980’s, the company built the first utility-scale biomass wood-fired power plant, improving air quality where waste from the timber industry was otherwise burned onsite without emissions controls. By the end of 2020, we will more than double our wind generating capacity with the addition of the Rattlesnake Flat Wind Project in Central Washington. As the costs of solar, wind, and energy storage projects continue to decline, we will take advantage of the lower prices to replace fossil-fueled power production with new clean energy projects.