Avista to join in Waste to Energy project in Kootenai County

Avista Utilites is planning to ask the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to approve a power purchase agreement to purchase renewable power from Kootenai Electric Co-op's landfill gas generating facility by the Kootenai County Landfill north of Worley on the Coeur d Alene Indian Reservation.The relatively new landfill generating facility is a 3.2 megawatt facility and owned by Hayden based Kootenai Electric Co-Op.