As Southern Californians prepare for summer, Southern California Edison (SCE) is asking customers to be especially conservation-minded to help keep the electric grid stable and reliable during hot weather when energy use spikes, particularly without the power generated from the San Onofre nuclear plant.

Coates International, Ltd. (NASDAQ OTCBB: COTE) -- Coates International, Ltd. (the "Company"). The Coates water splitting hydrogen reactor was coupled to a 35 KW Coates CSRV electric power generator and operated on hydrogen, hydroxy gas, split from water as the only fuel source used to operate the machine.

Federal regulators Wednesday slapped the Tennessee Valley Authority with a $70,000 fine for not adequately verifying the quality of safety equipment installed at its newest nuclear reactor.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed the civil penalty against TVA for using equipment without proper nuclear safety certification in the Unit 2 reactor under construction at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant near Spring City, Tenn. NRC spokesman Roger Hannah said regulators require certain components in a nuclear plant to meet strict nuclear quality assurance standards that go beyond commercial-grade quality.

India, June 20 -- State-run West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (WBSEDCL) is likely to adopt a unique scheme under which consumers would be able to avail additional concessions on electricity bills provided they opt for online payment or don't take printed bills.

Arlington, VA, June 19, 2013 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems, Inc. (MNES) has been awarded contracts at two nuclear power plants to provide its state-of-the-art water jet peening (WJP) services.

The service will be provided to Wolf Creek Generating Station, located near Burlington, Kansas, and Ameren Missouri Callaway Energy Center in Callaway County, Missouri. The WJP service will mitigate the potential for stress corrosion cracking of essential Alloy 600 components and associated weld metals, thus providing safety benefits and long-term cost savings to the ratepayers and utilities.

Geodynamics, an associate of Tata Power has successfully commissioned its 1MW geothermal pilot plant in Australia. Tata Power intends to have a 20-25 percent contribution from 'clean power sources', which will include a mix of hydro, solar, wind, geothermal and waste gas generation. Geothermal energy has been a key focus area for the company outside India.

Russia's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) decided Tuesday to reject an application from Gazprom Energoholding's (GEH) Mosenergo (RTS: MSNG) and Centrenergoholding to jointly buy 100% of shares in power company Quadra.

BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) ? Top stories of China's power and coal industries on June 20 as follows:

1. The State Council, or China's cabinet, has approved the rules on the main duties, internal institutions and staffing of the new National Energy Administration (NEA), according to a statement on the central government website on Wednesday.

GE Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) today announced it has been awarded a $147 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Statoil. Under the contract, GE will supply subsea production and injection equipment for Statoil's Snøhvit carbon dioxide (CO2) injection project, designed to provide a robust CO2 solution.

As part of the expansion plan, EnBW is planning to dispose around €2.7bn worth in assets. The company is set to boost the clean energy generation by 2020.

Office of the Legislative, The State of Rhode Island has issued the following press release:

Introduced By: Representatives Brien, Phillips, and Baldelli-Hunt

Date Introduced: January 05, 2012

Referred To: House Municipal Government

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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SECTION 1. Section 23-19-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-19 entitled "Rhode

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 ClearEdge Power, a manufacturer of scalable, distributed power systems, today announced that Samsung Everland Inc. has purchased a PureCell® Model 400 fuel cell system to be installed at the Busan International Finance Center's Landmark Tower in Busan, Korea.  The fuel cell will be installed in the basement of the tower and will provide 400 kW of clean, efficient power to the building. ClearEdge Power has a proven track record with flexible installations in basements, rooftops and grade level, ideal for large multi-story buildings like the Landmark Tower.

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Principal Solar, Inc (PSI; OTC Pink : PSWW ), a publicly traded solar energy holding company executing a unique roll-up strategy to create the world's first distributed solar utility, today announced its most recent acquisition: the 3MW Powerhouse One, LLC (PH1) solar power farm - four 750kW ground-mounted PV systems located in Fayetteville, Tennessee, cumulatively operating as a 3MW ground-mounted PV system. PH1 is one of the largest operating PV systems in Tennessee. Built by vis solis, Inc. the Franklin, TN based U.S. subsidiary of vis solis, GmbH, a solar development and integration company, and commissioned in November of 2011, PH1 carries a 20-year agreement with Fayetteville Public Utilities that is backed by the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Generation Partners Program.

The European Union has issued the following news release:

Use of climate-unfriendly fluorinated gases should be banned in new air-conditioning appliances and refrigerators by 2020, according to a vote on draft legislation in the Environment Committee on Wednesday. Overall use of potent hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) greenhouse gases should be reduced 84% by 2030, MEPs say.

The Ukrainian Energy and Coal Ministry hope to settle their dispute with Westinghouse over damaged fuel assemblies through negotiation, Energy Minister Eduard Stavitsky told the press Tuesday.

Office of the MP Peter Mackay, Canadian Government has issued the following news release:

The Joint Review Panel for the Deep Geologic Repository Project for Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste (DGR) today announced it has scheduled the public hearing for the project. The Panel has determined that the Environmental Impact Statement and the documents in support of the application for a Licence to Prepare a Site and Construct, along with additional information supplied by Ontario Power Generation, is sufficient to proceed to a public hearing.

The public hearing will begin on September 16, 2013, at a venue in the project area. More information on the location and dates of the hearing sessions, as well as a schedule will be available in advance of the hearing.

The Energy Alternatives Division of Cupertino Electric, Inc. today announced the successful completion of two solar generation projects in Huron, California totaling 30 megawatts (MW) that were engineered and constructed for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). The 20 MW and 10 MW solar projects are the fourth and fifth in a series of projects that Cupertino Electric has designed and built for PG&E since 2011 under the utility's clean energy initiative.

The n-PASHA Alliance (RENA GmbH, ECN and Tempress Systems, Inc.), is pleased to announce today that it has been selected by Nexolon America LLC to provide n-type technology and equipment to its photovoltaic cell production facility in San Antonio, Texas. RENA, with its longtime relationship to Nexolon, is the contractual partner of Nexolon for this 100 MW turnkey project. The n-PASHA technology and equipment is designed to produce breakthrough, next generation n-type high-efficiency cells enabling the production of bi-facial modules. This order is the first phase of a planned 200 MW turnkey project for Nexolon.

Mr. Woojeong Lee, President of Nexolon America LLC, commented: "Through evaluation of different technologies we chose the n-PASHA technology because it has proven to deliver high levels of solar cell efficiency and importantly, at an attractive cost structure making the n-PASHA technology highly beneficial with regard to the overall cost of energy produced by solar farms."

Russia's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) decided June 18 to reject an application from Gazprom Energoholding's (GEH) Mosenergo and Centrenergoholding to jointly buy 100% of shares in power company Quadra.

The 5.3MW run of river power plant on the Pachacayo River in the Junin Province is owned by Rurelec's 70% owned Peruvian power generation company Cascade Hydro.