def METHOD_NAME(self, account: ChecksumEvmAddress) -> FVal:
    """Gets the balance of the given account in AVAX
    May raise:
    - RemoteError if Covalent is used and there is a problem querying it or
    parsing its response
    """
    result = self.covalent.get_token_balances_address(account)
    if result is None:
        balance = from_wei(FVal(self.w3.eth.get_balance(account)))
    else:
        balance = ZERO
        for entry in result:
            if entry.get('contract_ticker_symbol') == 'AVAX':
                balance = from_wei(FVal(entry.get('balance', 0)))
                break
        if balance == ZERO:
            balance = from_wei(FVal(self.w3.eth.get_balance(account)))
    return FVal(balance)