Avista will buy power from First Wind

Gazette Reporter

Spokane-based utility company Avista announced last Thursday, June 30, it will purchase power from the proposed Palouse Wind project.

The wind farm, being developed by Boston-based First Wind, will provide Avista an average of 40 megawatts of renewable energy, and as much as 100 megawatts. The agreement is set to last for 30 years, beginning next year.

First Wind, under the Palouse Wind moniker, is planning to build a 65-turbine wind farm on Naff Ridge, Granite Butte and Steam Shovel Hill between Oakesdale and Highway 195.

The wind farm will have the capacity to generate power...