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.
1207 articles by Ethan Howland
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445 GW — mainly solar, storage — to come online by 2030 as demand growth surges: ICF
June 26, 2026 -
DOE emergency orders are incurring additional costs. What are the benefits?
June 25, 2026 -
Grid operators making ‘significant progress’ on generator interconnection reform: AEU
June 24, 2026 -
Power plants under DOE emergency orders are producing way less energy than before
June 23, 2026 -
GETs, demand response can ease near-term data center electricity price pressure: report
June 23, 2026 -
6 takeaways from FERC’s data center interconnection decision
June 22, 2026 -
Maryland lawmakers back data center transmission cost complaint at FERC
June 18, 2026 -
NextEra to pay $150M to settle charges related to Florida political misconduct allegations
June 17, 2026 -
Dominion Energy, Santee Cooper receive state approval for $5B gas project
June 16, 2026 -
Utility sector outlook deteriorates on affordability concerns: Fitch
June 15, 2026 -
Connecticut AG, agencies ask FERC to cut Eversource, Avangrid RTO adder
June 12, 2026 -
Appeals court upholds FERC decision ordering refunds from MISO transmission owners
June 11, 2026 -
FERC approves PJM fast-track review for ‘shovel-ready’ power projects
June 10, 2026 -
FirstEnergy asks FERC to require data centers to pay for transmission interconnection costs
June 9, 2026 -
FERC approves SPP non-firm, large-load transmission service
June 8, 2026 -
DOE orders OUC’s 465-MW coal unit in Florida to continue running
June 5, 2026 -
MISO’s resource outlook improves as forecast generation additions outpace demand growth
June 4, 2026 -
Constellation’s Three Mile Island nuclear restart gets boost with FERC waiver
June 3, 2026 -
Eversource project ‘epitomizes’ flawed transmission reviews: New England states
June 2, 2026 -
PJM monitor urges FERC to condition Mara power plant buy for data center complex
June 1, 2026 -
Entergy’s gas projects are one-third of MISO’s fast-track interconnection process
May 29, 2026 -
MISO pushes back on utility complaint over competitive transmission bidding
May 28, 2026 -
Data center firm DigitalBridge in $1.1B deal to buy ArcLight
May 27, 2026 -
Competitive transmission projects come online faster than incumbent projects in 4 regions: R Street
May 26, 2026 -
US summer generating capacity increases by 75 GW since 2025: FERC
May 22, 2026
