Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

NOTE 8. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The balances of the major classifications of property, plant and equipment are detailed in the following table as of December 31 (dollars in thousands):


	2011		2010
Avista Utilities:
Electric production	$	1,094,223	$	1,076,829
Electric transmission		522,930		496,495
Electric distribution		1,157,012		1,084,082
Electric construction work-in-progress (CWIP) and other		205,437		183,479

Electric total		2,979,602		2,840,885

Natural gas underground storage		40,430		32,928
Natural gas distribution		683,948		653,075
Natural gas CWIP and other		41,077		56,899

Natural gas total		765,455		742,902

Common plant (including CWIP)		221,649		192,149

Total Avista Utilities		3,966,706		3,775,936
Ecova (1)		25,763		27,222
Other (1)		22,042		36,962

Total	$	4,014,511	$	3,840,120

(1)

Included in other intangibles, property and investments-net on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Accumulated depreciation was $20.3 million as of December 31, 2011 and $22.4 million as of December 31, 2010 for Ecova and $13.1 million as of December 31, 2011 and $16.6 million as of December 31, 2010 for the other businesses.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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