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Common Stock (Details)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2012
agreement
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Number of sales agency agreements 2ava_NumberOfSalesAgencyAgreements      
Common stock, shares authorized   200,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 200,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized  
Preferred stock, shares authorized   10,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized    
Preferred stock, shares outstanding   0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding 0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding  
Sales Agency Agreement [Member]        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Common stock, shares authorized 2,726,390us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
/ ava_SourceofEquityTransactionsAxis
= ava_SalesAgencyAgreementMember
     
Remaining authorized repurchase amount   1,795,199ava_CommonStockSharesAuthorizedUnderSalesAgencyAgreementsRemainingSharesAuthorzedToSell
/ ava_SourceofEquityTransactionsAxis
= ava_SalesAgencyAgreementMember
   
Shares issued under sales agency agreement   0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
/ ava_SourceofEquityTransactionsAxis
= ava_SalesAgencyAgreementMember
0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
/ ava_SourceofEquityTransactionsAxis
= ava_SalesAgencyAgreementMember
931,191us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
/ ava_SourceofEquityTransactionsAxis
= ava_SalesAgencyAgreementMember