NOTE 8. LONG-TERM DEBT

The following details long-term debt outstanding as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 (dollars in thousands):


Maturity Year	Description	Interest Rate	September 30, 2012			December 31, 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

	Total secured long-term debt			1,256,700			1,263,700
2023	Unsecured Pollution Control Bonds	6.00%		—			4,100
	Other long-term debt and capital leases			5,192			5,455
	Settled interest rate swaps			(28,252	)		(10,629	)
	Unamortized debt discount			(1,501	)		(1,626	)

	Total			1,232,139			1,261,000
	Secured Pollution Control Bonds held by Avista Corporation (1) (2)			(83,700	)		(83,700	)
	Current portion of long-term debt			(392	)		(7,474	)

	Total long-term debt		$	1,148,047		$	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 Condensed 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 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

In June 2012, Avista Corp. entered into a bond purchase agreement with certain institutional investors in the private placement market for the purpose of issuing $80.0 million of 4.23 percent First Mortgage Bonds due in 2047. The new First Mortgage Bonds will be issued under and in accordance with the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of June 1, 1939, from the Company to Citibank, N.A., trustee, as amended and supplemented by various supplemental indentures and other instruments. Issuance of the bonds will occur at closing in November 2012. Net total proceeds from the sale of the new bonds will be used to repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under the Company’s $400.0 million committed line of credit and for general corporate purposes.

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.