ReliOn Appoints Gary Flood as Chief Executive Officer

Avista Corp. subsidiary ReliOn Inc. (Spokane, WA), a provider of high-reliability fuel cell solutions for backup power applications, announced that Vice President of Marketing and Business Development Gary Flood has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer. His appointment is part of a planned transition to strengthen and grow ReliOn’s business, with continued focus on marketing and sales activities.

Flood stated, "ReliOn has assembled a group of exceptional people who are committed to achieving the success of the company. Our focus is to advance the development and deployment of fuel cell systems in the backup power space. ReliOn has made excellent progress in promoting our products in the telecommunications, utility and government sectors and we plan in the near term to continue to focus or marketing and sales activities there."