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Local News - Local News - March 15, 2012
Avista subsidiary Ecova launches home energy-usage tool
Typically serving corporations, Ecova tests new market

By Chey Scott
Of the Journal of Business

Ecova Inc., the Spokane-based Avista Corp. subsidiary that provides energy-management services to large corporations with multiple sites, has launched a new feature to enable residential utility customers to monitor their energy consumption.

The new feature is called the Home Energy Plan and provides information to consumers about their households' historic energy usage, comparisons of a household's usage with its neighbors, and energy-efficiency tips, among other data.


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