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Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt

NOTE 16. LONG-TERM DEBT

The following details long-term debt outstanding as of December 31 (dollars in millions):

 

Maturity
Year

 

Description

 

Interest
Rate

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Avista Corp. Secured Long-Term Debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2028

 

Secured Medium-Term Notes

 

6.37%

 

$

25

 

 

$

25

 

2032

 

Secured Pollution Control Bonds (1)

 

3.88%

 

 

67

 

 

 

67

 

2034

 

Secured Pollution Control Bonds (1)

 

3.88%

 

 

17

 

 

 

17

 

2035

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

6.25%

 

 

150

 

 

 

150

 

2037

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

5.70%

 

 

150

 

 

 

150

 

2040

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

5.55%

 

 

35

 

 

 

35

 

2041

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

4.45%

 

 

85

 

 

 

85

 

2044

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

4.11%

 

 

60

 

 

 

60

 

2045

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

4.37%

 

 

100

 

 

 

100

 

2047

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

4.23%

 

 

80

 

 

 

80

 

2047

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

3.91%

 

 

90

 

 

 

90

 

2048

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

4.35%

 

 

375

 

 

 

375

 

2049

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

3.43%

 

 

180

 

 

 

180

 

2050

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

3.07%

 

 

165

 

 

 

165

 

2051

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

3.54%

 

 

175

 

 

 

175

 

2051

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

2.90%

 

 

140

 

 

 

140

 

2052

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

4.00%

 

 

400

 

 

 

400

 

2053

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

5.66%

 

 

250

 

 

 

250

 

 

Total Avista Corp. secured long-term debt

 

 

 

 

2,544

 

 

 

2,544

 

Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Secured Long-Term Debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2044

 

First Mortgage Bonds

 

4.54%

 

 

75

 

 

 

75

 

 

Total secured long-term debt

 

 

 

 

2,619

 

 

 

2,619

 

Alaska Energy and Resources Company Unsecured Long-Term Debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2029

 

Unsecured Term Loan (2)

 

5.92%

 

 

15

 

 

 

15

 

 

Total secured and unsecured long-term debt

 

 

 

 

2,634

 

 

 

2,634

 

Other Long-Term Debt Components

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unamortized debt discount

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

 

Unamortized long-term debt issuance costs

 

 

 

 

(19

)

 

 

(19

)

 

Total

 

 

 

 

2,614

 

 

 

2,614

 

 

Secured Pollution Control Bonds held by Avista
   Corporation (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(84

)

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15

)

 

Total long-term debt

 

 

 

$

2,614

 

 

$

2,515

 

 

(1)
In April 2024, the Company remarketed the City of Forsyth, Montana Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds. The bonds are not subject to ordinary optional redemption. The bonds are secured by equal principal amounts of non-transferable first mortgage bonds of the Company. Avista Corp. had purchased the Forsyth bonds upon original issuance in December 2010 and held the bonds until market conditions were favorable for remarketing the bonds to unaffiliated investors. In connection with the pricing of the Forsyth bonds, the Company cash-settled two interest rate swap derivatives (notional aggregate amount of $20 million) and received a net amount of $4 million. See note 8 for a discussion of interest rate swap derivatives.
(2)
In December 2024, AERC entered an amended agreement for its $15 million unsecured term loan. The amendment extends the maturity to December 2029, and increases the interest rate from 3.44 percent to 5.92 percent.

The following table details future long-term debt maturities including long-term debt to affiliated trusts (see Note 17) (dollars in millions):

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2027

 

 

2028

 

 

2029

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

Total

 

Debt maturities

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

25

 

 

$

15

 

 

$

2,646

 

 

$

2,686

 

 

Substantially all of Avista Utilities' and AEL&P's owned properties are subject to the lien of their respective mortgage indentures. Under the Mortgages and Deeds of Trust (Mortgages) securing their first mortgage bonds (including secured medium-term notes), Avista Utilities and AEL&P may each issue additional first mortgage bonds under their specific mortgage in an aggregate principal amount equal to the sum of:

66-2/3 percent of the cost or fair value to the Company (whichever is lower) of property additions of that entity which have not previously been made the basis of any application under that entity's Mortgage, or
an equal principal amount of retired first mortgage bonds of that entity which have not previously been made the basis of any application under that entity's Mortgage, or
deposit of cash.

Avista Utilities and AEL&P may not individually issue any additional first mortgage bonds (with certain exceptions in the case of bonds issued on the basis of retired bonds) unless the particular entity issuing the bonds has “net earnings” (as defined in that entity's Mortgage) for any period of 12 consecutive calendar months out of the preceding 18 calendar months that were at least twice the annual interest requirements on all mortgage securities at the time outstanding, including the first mortgage bonds to be issued, and on all indebtedness of prior rank. As of December 31, 2024, property additions and retired bonds would have allowed, and the net earnings test would not have prohibited, the issuance of $1.5 billion by Avista Corp. in an aggregate principal amount of additional first mortgage bonds and $56 million by AEL&P, at an assumed interest rate of 8 percent in each case.