Avista produces electricity using a number of different resources. In 2006, Avista generated or contracted to purchase for resale 5.83 million megawatt hours for our Northwest customers.
Our owned or contracted resources come primarily from four categories of fuel: biomass, coal, hydro, and natural gas.
Avista’s fuel mix is as follows:
Hydro – 52 percent Natural Gas – 16 percent Coal – 25 percent Biomass/Waste – 6 percent Other – 1 percent
Avista does not own or operate any nuclear or waste generation facilities. We do however, purchase energy made within the Pacific Northwest, which includes some nuclear and waste generation.
In 2006, nearly 60,000 mWh's, or 1 percent, of Avista's resources came from wind and other renewables as a result of Buck-A-Block customer purchases. |