Letter to the Editor: Power outages can be a royal pain to consumers

Recently, it was reported in the Odessa Record of various power outages affecting local businesses and residential homes, which tells me that there is a bigger problem. There simply is not being enough electricity being delivered into the town of Odessa, and that is causing these issues or other issues at the Odessa substation owned and operated by Avista utilities, home-based in Spokane.

I have had similar problems over a long period of time, and it is an ongoing problem. I have power disruptions where the power to the La Collage Inn motel goes on and off sometimes several times a week. I hav...