AVISTA CORP — Director's Dealing 2011

Sep 7, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AVISTA CORP (AVA)
CIK: 0000104918
Period of Report: 2011-09-06

Reporting Person: STANLEY HEIDI B (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-09-06	Common Stock	A	249	$24.03	Acquired	12674	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock held in Spouse's Profit Sharing Plan	9600	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares issued under the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) as an award of stock for director compensation utilizing "new issue" stock price. The price per share (per LTIP) is the closing price on Friday, September 2, 2011.

F2: Shares issued as part of Ms. Stanley's director retainer.