AVA Avista Corp

SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Avista Corp.'s (NYSE:AVA) board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.145 per share on the company's common stock. A quarterly dividend of $1.73750 per share was declared on all outstanding shares of preferred stock Series K. The common and preferred stock dividends are payable Dec. 15, 2006, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Nov. 30, 2006. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040128/SFW031LOGO ) Avista Corp. is an energy company involved in the production, transmission and distribution of energy as well as other energy-related businesses. Avista Utilities is a company operating division that provides service to 341,000 electric and 298,000 natural gas customers in three western states. Avista's non-regulated subsidiaries include Avista Advantage and Avista Energy. Avista Corp.'s stock is traded under the ticker symbol "AVA." For more information about Avista, please visit http://www.avistacorp.com/ . NOTE: Avista Corp. and the Avista Corp. logo are trademarks of Avista Corporation. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040128/SFW031LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Avista Corp. CONTACT: media, Jessie Wuerst +1-509-495-8578, or , or investors, Jason Lang +1-509-495-2930, or , both of Avista Corp., or Avista 24/7 Media Access, +1-509-495-4174 /FCMN Contact: Web site: http://www.avistacorp.com/

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