As the attorney general pushes to cut Avista’s profit, the Spokane utility says the reduction could end up costing customers more
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Avista wants to charge Spokane-area customers more for electricity and gas by raising rates, but the Washington state attorney general’s office is challenging how much of a rate increase Avista needs. Avista wants to collect more money on everything it builds, but the attorney general argues the company needs to collect less than it’s asking for. The attorney general says the utility needs $115 million less in returns than its proposed increase in the first year alone.
