Avista Customer Group (ACG) is a nonprofit organization founded for the expressed purpose of stopping the Avista-Hydro One merger. We have a large following in multiple states and are growing rapidly. ACG has retained the services of Norm Semanko of Parsons Behle & Latimer law firm in Boise, Idaho. The new group has had success […]
Above: Rob Chase filing a Notice of Invoking Coordination Process at the Spokane Office of the Washington State Attorney General. Spokane County Treasurer Rob Chase announced on July 24th that he has posted watch, over the controversial acquisition of Avista, based in Spokane County, by Ontario’s HYDRO ONE. The acquisition was headed home on the fast […]
Above: Ontario, Canada’s new Premier Doug Ford vows to dissolve the Hydro One board and repeal its Green Energy Act and the Federal Carbon Tax, ending the UN’s agenda for Ontario. Steve Cameron’s column “Pull the plug on Avista merger hysteria” in the June 28 Cd’A Press was written in a vacuum and does not reference […]
We are a group of utility ratepayers and concerned citizens that have banded together to stop the sale of Avista Corporation, one of the largest suppliers of electric and natural gas generation in the Pacific Northwest. Avista signed an agreement to be bought out by a Canadian electrical distributor owned by the Province of Ontario, named Hydro […]
These are the facts: Fact 1 – The CEO and board of Avista Corp would receive $51 Million upon close of the merger. Fact 2 – The existing stockholders of Avista would receive a premium of 24% for their shares during mandated buyback at the close of the merger. Fact 3 – Hydro One is a company owned by […]
The red arrow in the above image shows the cost of electricity in Hydro One’s territory in Canada at 36 cents per kilowatt hour. If Hydro One takes over, this is what is coming to Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and Oregon. PHOTO (right): Idaho Public Utilities Commission Hearing on Avista takeover by Canada’s Hydro One […]
Avista utility is in the process of seeking approval of its sale to a Canadian government-owned company, Hydro One. This purchase or merger is fraught with potential problems which could and will cost ratepayers throughout the Pacific Northwest astronomical sums of money from drastic 4x-5x or more increases in utility bills. • Why does a company […]
ELECTRICITY RATES HAVE JUMPED, IN SOME CASES 1,000%, IN THE LAST DECADE Dozens of concerned citizens turned out for the presentation of the dangers associated with a merger between Avista Utilities and Hydro One. Avista and Hydro One would like you to believe this is a done deal, however, there are still several steps to […]
I agree with the Spokesman-Review op-ed editorial by former Spokane Prosecutor Don Brockett. (See below.) As part of my testimony, I also agree with the excellent 2017 commentary from geologist Dave Boleneus which is included in this issue of Gem State Patriot News. See: Links for ‘Eye-Opening’ Info on Ontario’s Hydro One You Should Know […]
1. Hydro Rates in Ontario are killing small business and High hydro rates killed Ontario jobs: Study 2. Ontario’s Five Year Climate Change Action Plan 2016-2020 3. Rate data from utility websites in 2017 4. Increasing hydro prices are devastating rural Ontario 5. Auditor General, by Adam Beck on YouTube, Heated over Hydro One 6. […]
The Avista sale to Hydro One, and subjecting Avista customers to Hydro One, is wrong for several reasons as I discuss here and could bring severe impacts on Avista customers if cross-border practices are carried into the U.S. from Ontario by Hydro One. If practices are translated here, the effect will be traumatic, extremely costly, […]