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.
292 articles by Ethan Howland
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PacifiCorp interconnection plan for retiring power plants sparks anti-competitive concerns at FERC
Dec. 2, 2022 -
FERC approves PJM’s ‘first-ready, first-served’ interconnection reform plan, steps to clear backlog
Dec. 1, 2022 -
Promises of outstanding aqueous zinc-ion battery performance are overstated, researchers say
Nov. 30, 2022 -
DOE labs launch thermal energy storage consortium to spur development, market adoption
Nov. 29, 2022 -
Eversource, Avangrid aim to ease soaring Connecticut electricity bills as lawmakers push for hearings
Nov. 29, 2022 -
MISO power prices could remain high, go higher for years: Chatterjee, other Voltus panelists
Nov. 23, 2022 -
Western day-ahead market could save $1.2B a year, boost renewables output 1,800+ GWh: CAISO report
Nov. 23, 2022 -
Dynegy manipulated MISO’s 2015/16 capacity auction, driving up Illinois prices: FERC enforcement office
Nov. 22, 2022 -
AEP’s Public Service Co. of Oklahoma proposes buying 995 MW of wind, solar from Invenergy for $2.5B
Nov. 21, 2022 -
FERC enforcement settlements jump to $57.5M in FY22 while Uri market manipulation investigation continues
Nov. 18, 2022 -
FERC orders reliability standards, registration requirements for wind, solar, storage to protect the grid
Nov. 18, 2022 -
Inflation Reduction Act upends utility resource planning tenets: NARUC panelists
Nov. 17, 2022 -
FERC, state regulators consider independent monitors as way to boost transmission oversight ‘gap’
Nov. 16, 2022 -
State regulators urge PJM to adopt ‘circuit breaker’ to prevent extreme prices in emergencies
Nov. 15, 2022 -
‘A sobering assessment’: Large parts of US at risk of outages during extreme weather this winter: NERC
Nov. 14, 2022 -
US renewables, storage sectors set to avoid tougher building standards that industry said could kill projects
Nov. 14, 2022 -
Manchin withholds confirmation hearing for FERC Chairman Glick, throwing second term in doubt
Nov. 11, 2022 -
Vistra’s coal-to-battery storage projects receive FERC waiver from MISO interconnection transfer rules
Nov. 10, 2022 -
Avangrid, Eversource call for more efficiency, DR to avoid New England outages amid potential fuel crunch
Nov. 8, 2022 -
FERC interconnection reform proposal poses a barrier to Colorado joining an RTO: PUC Chair Blank
Nov. 7, 2022 -
CAISO avoided outages in September heat wave – a ‘remarkable outcome’ – with 4 GW storage, conservation
Nov. 4, 2022 -
DTE Electric proposes $9B spend on 5.4 GW renewables, 760 MW storage, coal-to-gas power plant switch
Nov. 4, 2022 -
Exelon CEO Crane to retire at year end under accelerated succession plan
Nov. 3, 2022 -
FERC rejects Alliant-led coalition bid to cut ITC Midwest equity ratio, reduce transmission costs
Nov. 3, 2022 -
AES Indiana says converting 1,052 MW of coal to gas will be $381M cheaper than renewables and storage
Nov. 2, 2022