Ethan Howland
Senior Reporter | @ethanhowland27Ethan Howland covers the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Congress and electricity markets for Utility Dive. He's been covering the power sector for two decades from his home in Portland, Maine.
648 articles by Ethan Howland
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MISO capacity prices triple for next summer, spring, partly on power plant retirements
April 26, 2024 -
Extreme winter weather grid performance improves, and 5 other takeaways from FERC’s open meeting
April 26, 2024 -
DOE sets 2-year deadline for federal transmission permitting, cutting average timelines in half
April 25, 2024 -
PG&E highlights 100% emissions-free power in 2023 as generation spin-off hits snag
April 24, 2024 -
APS, others plan 1-year delay in fines for Western Resource Adequacy Program capacity shortfalls
April 23, 2024 -
Democratic bill mandates FERC interconnection reforms to bring new resources online faster
April 18, 2024 -
DOE issues road map for speeding, improving grid interconnections to unlock 2.6-TW backlog
April 18, 2024 -
Surging demand growth spurs openings for advanced nuclear, grid technologies: DOE’s Crane
April 17, 2024 -
Equinor jumps into ERCOT market with 110 MW of merchant battery projects
April 16, 2024 -
VPPs, other advanced technologies could each expand existing US grid capacity 20-100 GW: DOE
April 16, 2024 -
Constellation, generator trade groups back PJM plan to revert to original capacity auction results
April 15, 2024 -
Grid interconnection queues jumped 27%, to 2.6 TW, in 2023, led by solar, storage: DOE lab
April 11, 2024 -
Pathways Initiative proposes independent power market organization for the West
April 11, 2024 -
FERC approves PJM’s $5.1B cost-share plan for transmission to be built by Dominion, others
April 10, 2024 -
Reconductoring US power lines could quadruple new transmission capacity by 2035: report
April 9, 2024 -
South Carolina advances bill that could spur gas power for Duke, Dominion utilities, hamper solar
April 9, 2024 -
Don’t count on FERC as the ‘big sugar daddy’ for new transmission, generation: Commissioner Christie
April 5, 2024 -
Bonneville staff backs joining SPP’s Markets+ day-ahead market over CAISO alternative
April 5, 2024 -
CAISO proposes $6.1B transmission plan, mainly for offshore wind
April 2, 2024 -
SPP capacity accreditation plan disadvantages clean power, threatens reliability, ACP, others say
April 1, 2024 -
MISO seeks FERC approval for new capacity accreditation process to bolster grid reliability
March 29, 2024 -
Efficiency, clean energy are options for meeting demand growth before gas generation: Energy Innovation
March 28, 2024 -
States shouldn’t have to pay for transmission driven by other states’ policies: FERC’s Christie
March 26, 2024 -
ISO/RTO Council urges FERC to nix NERC’s proposed cold weather reliability standard
March 25, 2024 -
FERC doesn’t act on dispute over Salt River Project’s rooftop solar rules, teeing up possible court battle
March 25, 2024