TORONTO and SPOKANE, Wash., July 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hydro One Limited (“Hydro One”) (TSX: H ) and Avista Corporation (“Avista”) (NYSE: AVA ) previously announced that the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (the “Commission”) had set a technical hearing on July 23, 2018. Today, the Commission decided to postpone this hearing. A new date has not yet been scheduled.
Please see the Commission’s announcement here .
For further information:
Hydro One
Media: Jay Armitage Director, Corporate Communications media.relations@hydroone.com , 416-345-6868
Investors: Omar Javed Vice President, Investor Relations investor.relations@hydroone.com , 416-345-5943
Avista
Media: Casey Fielder, Communications Manager casey.fielder@avistacorp.com , 509-495-4916
Investors: Lauren Pendergraft, Investor Relations Manager lauren.pendergraft@avistacorp.com , 509-495-2998
About Hydro One Limited We are Ontario's largest electricity transmission and distribution provider with more than 1.3 million valued customers, over C$25 billion in assets and 2017 annual revenues of nearly C$6 billion. Our team of over 7,400 skilled and dedicated regular and non-regular employees proudly and safely serves suburban, rural and remote communities across Ontario through our 30,000 circuit km of high-voltage transmission and 123,000 circuit km of primary distribution networks. Hydro One is committed to the communities we serve, and has been rated as the top utility in Canada for its corporate citizenship, sustainability, and diversity initiatives. We are one of only five utility companies in Canada to achieve the Sustainable Electricity Company designation from the Canadian Electricity Association. We also provide advanced broadband telecommunications services on a wholesale basis utilizing our extensive fibre optic network through Hydro One Telecom Inc. Hydro One Limited's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: H ).
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About Avista Corporation Avista Corporation is an energy company involved in the production, transmission and distribution of energy as well as other energy-related businesses. Avista Utilities is our operating division that provides electric service to 385,000 customers and natural gas to 350,000 customers. Its service territory covers 30,000 square miles in eastern Washington, northern Idaho and parts of southern and eastern Oregon, with a population of 1.6 million. Alaska Energy and Resources Company is an Avista subsidiary that provides retail electric service in the city and borough of Juneau, Alaska, through its subsidiary Alaska Electric Light & Power Company . Avista stock is traded under the ticker symbol "AVA." For more information about Avista, please visit www.myAvista.com .
This news release 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 news release 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, 2017 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018.
