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Discontinued Operations Summary of Income Statement Information (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]      
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax     $ 69,700,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent 0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity 1,023,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity  
Transaction expenses withheld from proceeds     (5,390,000)ava_TransactionExpensesWithheldfromSalesProceeds
Revenues   44,384,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationRevenue  
Transaction expenses and accelerated employee benefits (2)     11,000,000ava_DiscontinuedOperationTransactionExpenses
Income before income taxes   2,409,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax  
Income tax expense   894,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfDiscontinuedOperation  
Net income from discontinued operations 0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax 1,515,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax  
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests (13,000)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (482,000)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest  
Ecova [Member]      
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]      
Transaction expenses and accelerated employee benefits (2)     9,062,000ava_DiscontinuedOperationTransactionExpenses
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Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests   $ (492,000)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
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