[Vision2020] Fwd: ID Message to Community Leaders about Natural Gas Rates

[Tom Trail]

>Visionaries:  A message from Paul Kimmell of Avista indicating another

rate decrease in the price of natural gas.  It is good news in bad
economic times.

Rep. Tom Trail

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>As a community leader, it's important for you to have information 
>about our request to further decrease natural gas rates for 
>customers in Idaho.  We'll be sharing this message from Kelly 
>Norwood, our vice president for state and federal regulation, with 
>our customers over the next few days.
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>If our request is approved by the Idaho utility commission, the 
>continuing decreases in the wholesale cost of natural gas will lead 
>to the third rate reduction this year of 17% starting November 1, 
>just in time for the cold weather.  Combined, overall natural gas 
>rates for Idaho residential customers will have decreased by about 
>25 percent since the beginning of this year.
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>I would also like to hear from you.  If you have questions or 
>thoughts to share, (or would prefer not to receive future emails) 
>just reply to this message and let me know, or give me a call 
>at (509) 336-6236.
>Thank you,
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>Paul J. Kimmell
>Regional Business Manager
>Palouse Area
>Avista Corporation
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>In my last note to you in June, I hoped that continued lower 
>wholesale natural gas costs would allow Avista to request another 
>rate decrease called a "purchased gas adjustment."  I'm pleased to 
>confirm that we have made such a request to the Idaho utility 
>commission, which if approved, will result in a residential rate 
>decrease of 17%, beginning November 1, just in time for the winter 
>heating season.
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>This is the third time this year that we've requested to decrease 
>rates for our natural gas customers.  If this request is approved, 
>overall natural gas rates for residential customers will have 
>decreased by about 25% since January 2009.
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>This is important news since currently the direct cost of wholesale 
>natural gas represents about 75% of your bill.  We have purchasing 
>plans and decades of experience to help keep these costs as low as 
>possible, but ultimately the wholesale cost is set by the market and 
>fluctuates up and down.  Lately, we've benefited from these 
>fluctuations, but wholesale natural gas prices may go up or down in 
>the future.
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>Currently, the remaining 25% of your bill covers the cost of 
>delivering natural gas - the equipment and people needed to provide 
>safe and reliable delivery of service.  The Idaho utility commission 
>recently approved an increase in these rates of just over 2% to 
>recover investments made in our natural gas system.
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>We'll continue to keep you informed about these and other relevant 
>issues.  To learn more and to share your comments and questions with 
>us, please visit 
><http://www.avistautilities.com/conversation>www.avistautilities.com/conversation, 
>or email us at 
><mailto:conversation at avistautilities.com>conversation at avistautilities.com.
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>Thank you for your time and interest.
>
>Kelly Norwood
>Vice President for State and Federal Regulation
>Avista Corporation
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>This email contains forward-looking statements regarding the 
>company's current expectations. Forward-looking statements are all 
>statements other than historical facts. Such statements speak only 
>as of the date of the email and are subject to a variety of risks 
>and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's control, 
>which could cause actual results to differ materially from the 
>expectations. These risks and uncertainties include, in addition to 
>those discussed herein, all of the factors discussed in the 
>company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 
>2008, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 
>June 30, 2009.
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Dr. Tom Trail
International Trails
1375 Mt. View Rd.
Moscow, Id. 83843
Tel:  (208) 882-6077
Fax:  (208) 882-0896
e mail ttrail at moscow.com
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