Ethan Howland
Senior Reporter | @ethanhowland27Senior Reporter Ethan Howland covers the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Congress and electricity markets for Utility Dive. His award-winning work covers utility finance, emerging public policy, state and federal legislation and regulation, project development and infrastructure, legal and environmental issues. He’s been covering the power sector for more than two decades from his home in Portland, Maine. You can contact him at [email protected] or on LinkedIn.
1233 articles by Ethan Howland
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PPL-Blackstone joint venture secures 5 GW of gas turbines for data centers in Pennsylvania
Aug. 10, 2026 -
Constellation CEO: Existing power plants are ‘bedrock’ in supplying data centers
Aug. 7, 2026 -
PSEG offers large load supply proposals in PJM’s bilateral contracting process
Aug. 5, 2026 -
Eversource Q2 income plunges on transmission ROE, offshore wind charges
Aug. 4, 2026 -
AEP secures 13 GW of gas turbines as generation ‘central’ to growth plans
Aug. 3, 2026 -
PJM files backstop auction plan at FERC to meet capacity shortfall
Aug. 3, 2026 -
Exelon ‘high probability’ data center load falls 40%
July 31, 2026 -
FirstEnergy data center contracts surge 50% in Q2
July 30, 2026 -
PJM board proposes backstop capacity auction, data center curtailment plans
July 28, 2026 -
FERC will impose reforms if PJM fails to adopt changes by September, chairman warns
July 24, 2026 -
DOE’s new power export rule at odds with ‘energy emergency’ findings: Public Citizen
July 23, 2026 -
FERC eyes ‘grid-enhancing technology’ incentives: Chairman Swett
July 23, 2026 -
FERC fails to shield PJM consumers from data center transmission costs: ratepayer advocates
July 21, 2026 -
Data centers drove $6.3B in PJM capacity auction costs: market monitor
July 20, 2026 -
PJM capacity auction results compound ‘alarm bells’: FERC Chairman Swett
July 17, 2026 -
Indiana regulators investigate utility ROEs, ‘trackers’ in affordability review
July 16, 2026 -
PJM capacity prices hit price cap, reserve shortfall grows
July 15, 2026 -
Utilities requested $9.2B in rate hikes in Q2: PowerLines
July 14, 2026 -
What can best ease transmission bottlenecks? More transfer capacity, DOE says.
July 10, 2026 -
PJM status quo ‘untenable’: FERC Commissioner LaCerte
July 9, 2026 -
New Jersey increases transmission oversight in ‘affordability’ push
July 8, 2026 -
Exelon, FirstEnergy utilities’ RTO adder targeted by Maryland in FERC complaint
July 7, 2026 -
FERC denies waiver for $2B gas-fired plant in PJM’s fast-track review
July 6, 2026 -
PJM stakeholders advance data center backstop procurement plan
July 2, 2026 -
Sen. King urges FERC to reject $67B NextEra-Dominion merger
June 30, 2026
