LONG-TERM DEBT

The following details long-term debt outstanding as of December 31 (dollars in thousands):



Maturity Year	Description	Interest Rate	2012			2011
2012	Secured Medium-Term Notes	7.37%	$	—		$	7,000
2013	First Mortgage Bonds	1.68%	50,000			50,000
2018	First Mortgage Bonds	5.95%	250,000			250,000
2018	Secured Medium-Term Notes	7.39%-7.45%	22,500			22,500
2019	First Mortgage Bonds	5.45%	90,000			90,000
2020	First Mortgage Bonds	3.89%	52,000			52,000
2022	First Mortgage Bonds	5.13%	250,000			250,000
2023	Secured Medium-Term Notes	7.18%-7.54%	13,500			13,500
2028	Secured Medium-Term Notes	6.37%	25,000			25,000
2032	Secured Pollution Control Bonds (1)	(1)	66,700			66,700
2034	Secured Pollution Control Bonds (2)	(2)	17,000			17,000
2035	First Mortgage Bonds	6.25%	150,000			150,000
2037	First Mortgage Bonds	5.70%	150,000			150,000
2040	First Mortgage Bonds	5.55%	35,000			35,000
2041	First Mortgage Bonds	4.45%	85,000			85,000
2047	First Mortgage Bonds (3)	4.23%	80,000			—
	Total secured long-term debt		1,336,700			1,263,700
2023	Unsecured Pollution Control Bonds	6.00%	—			4,100
	Other long-term debt and capital leases		5,092			5,455
	Settled interest rate swaps		(27,900		)	(10,629		)
	Unamortized debt discount		(1,453		)	(1,626		)
	Total		1,312,439			1,261,000
	Secured Pollution Control Bonds held by Avista Corporation (1) (2)		(83,700		)	(83,700		)
	Current portion of long-term debt		(50,372		)	(7,474		)
	Total long-term debt		$	1,178,367		$	1,169,826

(1)

In December 2010, $66.7 million of the City of Forsyth, Montana Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds (Avista Corporation Colstrip Project) due 2032, which had been held by Avista Corp. since 2008, were refunded by a new bond issue (Series 2010A). The new bonds were not offered to the public and were purchased by Avista Corp. due to market conditions. The Company expects that at a later date, subject to market conditions, these bonds may be remarketed to unaffiliated investors. So long as Avista Corp. is the holder of these bonds, the bonds will not be reflected as an asset or a liability on Avista Corp.'s Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(2)

In December 2010, $17.0 million of the City of Forsyth, Montana Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, (Avista Corporation Colstrip Project) due 2034, which had been held by Avista Corp. since 2009, were refunded by a new bond issue (Series 2010B). The new bonds were not offered to the public and were purchased by Avista Corp. due to market conditions. The Company expects that at a later date, subject to market conditions, the bonds may be remarketed to unaffiliated investors. So long as Avista Corp. is the holder of these bonds, the bonds will not be reflected as an asset or a liability on Avista Corp.'s Consolidated Balance Sheet.


(3)	In November 2012, the Company issued $80.0 million of 4.23 percent First Mortgage Bonds due in 2047.

The following table details future long-term debt maturities including long-term debt to affiliated trusts (see Note 15) (dollars in thousands):



	2013		2014		2015		2016		2017		Thereafter		Total
Debt maturities	$	50,000	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,254,547	$	1,304,547

Substantially all utility properties owned by the Company are subject to the lien of the Company’s mortgage indenture. Under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust securing the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds (including Secured Medium-Term Notes), the Company may issue additional First Mortgage Bonds in an aggregate principal amount equal to the sum of: 1) 66-2/3 percent of the cost or fair value (whichever is lower) of property additions which have not previously been made the basis of any application under the Mortgage, or 2) an equal principal amount of retired First Mortgage Bonds which have not previously been made the basis of any application under the Mortgage, or 3) deposit of cash. However, the Company may not issue any additional First Mortgage Bonds (with certain exceptions in the case of bonds issued on the basis of retired bonds) unless the Company’s “net earnings” (as defined in the Mortgage) for any period of 12 consecutive calendar months out of the preceding 18 calendar months were at least twice the annual interest requirements on all mortgage securities at the time outstanding, including the First Mortgage Bonds to be issued, and on all indebtedness of prior rank. As of December 31, 2012, property additions and retired bonds would have allowed, and the net earnings test would not have prohibited the issuance of $640.1 million in aggregate principal amount of additional First Mortgage Bonds.

See Note 13 for information regarding First Mortgage Bonds issued to secure the Company’s obligations under its committed line of credit agreement.

Nonrecourse Long-Term Debt

Nonrecourse long-term debt (including current portion) represents the long-term debt of Spokane Energy. To provide funding to acquire a long-term fixed rate electric capacity contract from Avista Corp., Spokane Energy borrowed $145.0 million from a funding trust in December 1998. The long-term debt has scheduled monthly installments and interest at a fixed rate of 8.45 percent with the final payment due in January 2015. Spokane Energy bears full recourse risk for the debt, which is secured by the fixed rate electric capacity contract and $1.6 million of funds held in a trust account. The following table details future nonrecourse long-term debt maturities (dollars in thousands):



	2013		2014		2015		2016		Total
Debt maturities	$	14,965	$	16,407	$	1,431	$	—	$	32,803