Avista thanks its customers after worst storm in history

As Avista and the communities impacted by the November 17 wind storm try to return to “business as usual,” many will never forget the devastation, destruction and personal damage left behind by Mother Nature’s near-hurricane force winds.

By 3:45 a.m. Friday, November 27, power was fully restored to the nearly 180,000 customers who were out of power at the height of the storm. It took almost 10 days of around-the-clock restoration efforts by up to 132 Avista, contract and mutual aid crews from six western states and Canada working 16-hour shifts on a rotating basis through Thanksgiving to resto...