How Avista is preparing for wildfire season in the Inland Northwest
Avista plans to implement a number of things to help prevent wildfires, including hardening its grid and switching out wooden power poles. Author: Whitney Ward, Kaitlin Riordan Published: 3:56 PM PDT May 20, 2021 Updated: 8:08 PM PDT May 20, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. The Inland Northwest is gearing up for wildfire season and so is the area s biggest utility company, Avista.
A DNR report released on Tuesday found it was a tree limb that fell onto an Avista power line that caused last year s devastating Babb Road Fire that destroyed the towns of Malden and Pine City.