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Avista Utilities is abusing its power

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Anonymous
10 years ago Featured

Members of our family were without power for a week in November yet none of our bills were any less than usual. One member had his power off for a month and still no change. Calls to Avista were met with, "What do you think we can do?"

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heather louises
10 years ago

i ve been over charged also and cannot get a sraight answer or help from any one working there! increases they ask for are to maintain polls ect, where is money really going, the wind storm showed how polls are "maintained"

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Stop raising prices! Your power already costs too much.

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David Williamson
10 years ago

I am sick of these ridiculous prices. how did my power double when I was without it for 9 days!

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Memphis Rain
10 years ago

I have not been able to buy healthy food or pay other bills because of our super-high electricity bills--working poor!

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Avista is a monopoly they can charge you what ever they want, and what can we do? Nothing. The only chose we have is to move, or go with out power. FUCK AVISTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mckenna Loehding
10 years ago

I am one of these families that is struggling to pay my latest power Bill. I haven't worked in almost 8 or 9 months an I support my four year old son all by myself. With no help from his father, or family. I literally hav zero dollars in income monthly. Plz fix these immoral issues!

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Avista needs to lower their rates.

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Brandon
10 years ago

It's more than TRIPLED in less than 2 months..... HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU EXPLAIN. THIS?!?!?!!!?

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Jordan Haste
10 years ago

It's disgustingly obvious that they know how much power they have when their customer service joyfully laughs in your face when you tell them you think there must be a mistake in the bill.

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Clarissa frost
10 years ago

I live alone, keep my heat low, and I'm pretty concervative just to try to keep my bill low.... and my bill has doubled also. Makes no sence. I seem to be working OT just to pay my Avista bill.

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Heather johnson
10 years ago

This is wrong

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Sandi Bollman
10 years ago

At the end of December I owed Avista $499.00. Avista was paid in a little over full amount of $502.00. Get mew bill and it is already back up to $168. and something. I don't have no washer or dryer and have not been using my dishwasher for a year and a half. Only have used one small electric baseboard heater and have it on comfort level. Have no clue where Avista thinks all of my power usage is coming from to run me $168. a month. It's just ridiculous!!

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Richard Haste
10 years ago

I think they own the public utilities commision

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amanda hansen
10 years ago

My bill went from $70 a month to almost $200 a month. I work almost 50 hours a week, never run my heat & am rarely home to use my power. How the hell is that ok?!

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Michelle Ginter
10 years ago

wish I could sign more than once, Avista is a joke. I also understand many crews worked late into many nights, but maybe they should take some of the CEO's pay and pay them or with some of the grant money they got from the state when it was deemed and natural disaster!!!

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Misty Jarrell
10 years ago

My bill has been around $300 a month for the past 3 months then In January we got a bill for $1055 and were told it was high because our meters been broke for 3 months and apparently its our fault

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Amy Johann
10 years ago

My bill doubled this last month. I try and save needed resources like SNAP for people that I know need it more than myself. Now, I'm in need. I can't afford the habitual increases. Even burning wood doesn't make a dent in my usage.

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Lisa Giammona
10 years ago

Our bill nearly doubled for DEC claiming we used more energy. I know DEC was cold but we keep the heat on low and I cant see how on Earth we would have used that much energy. More than ever before in our history if usage...of course I have no way to prove this so.. What do you do?

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shane gillespie
10 years ago

My bill more than doubled the past two months.