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Community Outreach Hits Home
We're fortunate to have ministries in our communities, like Caritas, to lend a helping hand and provide relief to those who seek it. Caritas has assisted families in crisis in Northwest Spokane for twenty years. Caritas has an onsite food bank and can provide assistance with customer’s utility bills as well.
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Energy Smart Loans
We think everyone should have access to the kinds of improvements that help them save energy. That’s why we’ve partnered with Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union (PSCCU) on a new program for our Washington and Oregon customers: Energy-Smart Loans.
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Local Treasures with Pia Spokane Valley Performing Arts Center
The Spokane Valley Performing Arts Center will be a 59,000 square foot facility with a 475-plus-seat main stage and a 200-seat studio theater, and it will have the newest technology available for a professional theater. It plans to open its doors in 2024.
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Common misleading solar claims
Solar is a popular renewable energy source, and many people want to put solar panels on their homes. Unfortunately, the popularity of solar energy has led to numerous misleading claims by some third-party installers about solar. Read more for common misleading solar claims.
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Improving customer and community resilience during power outages
Avista also recently convened a group of Spokane-area non-profit and emergency response organizations that have a role in providing support to vulnerable individuals and groups during extended service outages. Our goal is to establish a coordinated response for vulnerable customers during energy-related events.
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At Home with Lisa: Save time, energy, and money with LEDs
You can be more energy efficient when you swap out your old incandescent bulbs for LEDs. LEDs use less energy and last longer than traditional incandescent bulbs. Lisa checks her light fixtures and makes sure the bulbs are LEDs.
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Spill response
Protecting our natural resources also means being ready for the worst case scenarios. As much as we enforce safety and compliance, sometimes things happen beyond our control. When they do, we're ready to reduce potential harm to fish, wildlife, natural resources, water supplies, and your community.
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Operation osprey
An Avista employee received a call from Birds of Prey Northwest in St. Maries, Idaho, asking for help to rescue an injured baby osprey. The baby osprey had become tangled in twine, dangling out of its nest near the Spokane River. Read about how the bird was rescued.
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Know the signs
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas that is produced by the incomplete burning of various fuels, including charcoal, oil, kerosene, propane, diesel fuel, coal, wood and natural gas. Because CO is undetectable to the human senses, it is important for people to know the signs of CO exposure.
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At Home with Lisa: Avoiding the Oven On Hot Days
Read some tips to keep a cooler house when cooking in the heat.
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