AVA Avista Corp

Board authorizes preferred stock dividend SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Avista Corp.'s (NYSE:AVA) board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 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 Sept. 14, 2007, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Aug. 23, 2007. 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 346,000 electric and 306,000 natural gas customers in three Western states. Avista's primary non-regulated subsidiary is Advantage IQ (http://www.advantageiq.com/). Avista Corp.'s stock is traded under the ticker symbol "AVA." For more information about Avista, please visit http://www.avistacorp.com/. Avista Corp. and the Avista Corp. logo are trademarks of Avista Corporation. DATASOURCE: Avista Corp. CONTACT: Media: Jessie Wuerst, +1-509-495-8578, , or Investors: Jason Lang, +1-509-495-2930, , or Avista 247 Media Access, +1-509-495-4174 Web site: http://www.avistacorp.com/

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