Committed Lines of Credit

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Short-term Debt [Abstract]

Committed Lines of Credit

COMMITTED LINES OF CREDIT

Avista Corp.

Avista Corp. has a committed line of credit with various financial institutions in the total amount of $400.0 million that expires in April 2019.

Balances outstanding and interest rates of borrowings (excluding letters of credit) under the Company’s revolving committed lines of credit were as follows as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (dollars in thousands):

	March 31,			December 31,
	2015			2014
Borrowings outstanding at end of period	$	65,000		$	105,000
Letters of credit outstanding at end of period	$	35,579		$	32,579
Average interest rate on borrowings at end of period	0.94		%	0.93		%

AEL&P

AEL&P has a committed line of credit in the amount of $25.0 million that expires in November 2019. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, there were no borrowings outstanding under this committed line of credit.