Recent power outages partly due to regional growth, according to Avista
North Spokane, along Highway 395, and Eagle Ridge are areas where Avista is seeing the most growth in power usage.
Author: Amanda Roley
Updated: 5:54 PM PDT July 2, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. — About 24,000 Avista customers experienced power outages during the dangerous heat wave this week. Avista said part of this is the result of Spokane's growth and its equipment struggling to keep up.
Avista Director of System operations and planning Mike Magruder, said this growth plays a factor in outages.
“But we make sure that we're going to have enough capacity moving forward,” Magruder said. “And we take the data that we have to trend and forecast areas where we need the most support to upgrade our equipment and improved capacity for our service."