Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah replies to a query on 'Solar Power Generation in Public and Private Sector' raised by Charles Dias on March 8, 2013.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing revision 2 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.137, "Fuel Oil Systems for Emergency Power Supplies." Revision 2 of RG 1.137 endorses ANSI/ANS-59.51-1997, "Fuel Oil Systems for Safety-Related Emergency Diesel Generators," (reaffirmed in October 2007) with the exceptions and clarification stated in the RG. ANSI/ANS-59.51-1997 describes methods that the NRC considers acceptable for use in complying with NRC regulations for assuring the quality of fuel oil for emergency diesel generators used in nuclear power plants.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0159 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publicly available, using the following methods:

* Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0159. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov For technical questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.

The U.S. Department of Energy published the following notice in the Federal Register from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission:

Calpine Texas Pipeline, L.P.; Notice of Filing

A Notice by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on 06/17/2013

Construction of three hydro-power plants is planned in the mountainous regions of Adjara, Georgia. The project was initiated by Adjara Water - Georgia LLC, according to the government of the autonomous region in the South Caucasus republic.

ENP Newswire - 17 June 2013

Release date- 14062013 - Green Rock Energy Limited wishes to advise that it has executed a Memorandum of Understanding with Oil Basins Limited for the sale of 100% of the equity of GRE's wholly owned subsidiary Green Rock Canning Basin Pty Ltd holding a 20% beneficial interest in the Backreef Area, Canning Basin.

EXPERT PANEL TALKS ENERGY POLICY AT CGI CONFERENCE

JUNE 14, 2013

SPEAKERS: WESLEY CLARK, WESLEY K. CLARK & ASSOCIATES, CHAIRMAN, CEO

ELLEN KULLMAN, DUPONT, CHAIR, CEO,

JIM ROGERS, DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION, CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, CEO

TRISH REGAN, BLOOMBERG NEWS

ANDREW MORSE, HEAD, BLOOMBERG TELEVISION

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ANDREW MORSE, HEAD, BLOOMBERG TELEVISION: Hello. Good afternoon, everybody, or good morning. Thank you for joining us. My name is Andrew Morse. I'm the Head of Bloomberg Television, and we are thrilled to be here as the media partner for - with CGI in the US here in Chicago. We have a terrific list of events coming up for you.

Just a couple of reminders. I'd like to ask you to check your cell phones, the standard warning about that; please keep your cells phones off. We'd ask you to please stay in your seats. They're going to shut the doors behind us because we've got a couple of back-to-back action- packed panels for you.

The Federal Register posted the following notice from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission:

Fuel Oil Systems for Emergency Power Supplies

A Notice by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 06/17/2013

Publication Date: Monday, June 17, 2013

Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Entry Type: Notice

Action: Regulatory guide; issuance.

Document Citation: 78 FR 36278

Page: 36278 -36279 (2 pages)

ISLAMABAD, June 15 -- The Engineering Development Board (EDB) has approved the use of clean coal technology (CCT) to run the country's existing power plants, amid efforts to find an economically and environmentally viable coal technology to address the looming energy crisis.

The U.S. Department of Energy published the following notice in the Federal Register from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission:

APL SouthTex Transmission Company LP, Formerly TEAK Texana Transmission Company, LP; Notice of Filing

New Delhi: India's power regulator Central Electricity Regulatory Commission will hear the petition filed by private sector power producer Reliance Power Ltd for an unward revision in tariffs for electricity generated from its imported coal powered power plant at Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh by July-end.

LAHORE, June 18 -- Punjab government has fixed Rs 20.43 billion for energy projects during the FY 2013-14 as compared to Rs 10 billion of the current year, which remained unutilised during the FY 2012-13. During his budget speech, Punjab Finance Minister Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman blamed the previous federal government for creating hurdles in developing the energy sector including the Nadipur power project. The optimistic minister, however, said that now there is also the government of PML-N in the centre and Prime Minister Mian Muhamamd Nawaz Sharif has already publicised his vision to generate energy for the country. For solar energy projects, the Punjab province has fixed Rs 7.55 billion comprising Rs 7.5 billion for subsidy on installation of solar tube wells in various districts of the Punjab to exploit the solar energy potential of the province.

ENP Newswire - 17 June 2013

Release date- 13062013 - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - On June 11 at 9:05 p.m. CT, Plant Farley's unit 1 reactor automatically shut down due to the failure of a transformer.

The following information was released by OAO Gazprom:

The document outlines a sequence of actions for proving the feasibility of constructing and subsequently operating a gas branch from South Stream to Republika Srpska as part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as constructing gas-fired generating facilities in Republika Srpska.

This updates our September 13, 2011 Client Alert entitled "Outline of Japan's Feed-In Tariff Law for Renewable Electric Energy", which summarized "The Act on Special Measures Concerning the Procurement of Renewable Electric Energy by Operators of Electric Utilities" (the "Act"). The Act and the related regulations (the "Implementing Regulations") went into effect on July 1, 2012.

This Client Alert summarizes key features of the Act and the Implementing Regulations as modified for fiscal year 2013, organized into the following sections:

FY2013 Rate ChangesFacility ApprovalPower Purchase AgreementsInterconnectionModel PPAs

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has determined that the inspections, tests, and analyses have been successfully completed, and that the specified acceptance criteria are met for Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) E.2.5.04.05.05.01, for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 3.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0252 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publicly available, using any of the following methods:

Two freighters carrying nuclear fuel processed in France for the use at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture are likely to arrive there on June 27, sources said Monday.

On June 7, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) presented two proposed sets of regulations designed to further transform the solar power market in the Commonwealth. The first proposal provides relief to solar project developers caught by surprise by DOER's announcement that it had reached the 400-megawatt (MW) cap for its existing Solar Carve-Out program. The second proposal creates a new solar incentives program designed to significantly increase solar generation in the Commonwealth while gradually reducing the incentives available to developers of that generation.

Relief under Existing Cap

As we reported on May 30, last month DOER announced the 400 MW cap for its Solar Carve-Out program had been reached much sooner than anticipated. Recognizing the cap had been reached much faster than expected, DOER acknowledged some solar developers have expended significant funds to develop solar projects in Massachusetts but now may not qualify under the existing Solar Carve-Out program, resulting in substantial loss of financial incentives for solar developers. In response, DOER announced its intent to accommodate within the Solar Carve-Out program those projects that are "demonstrably well invested in the development cycle" but have not yet received the Statement of Qualification necessary to participate in the program.

The U.S. Department of Energy published the following notice in the Federal Register from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission:

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Application

A Notice by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on 06/17/2013

Publication Date: Monday, June 17, 2013

New Delhi, June 17 -- Criticizing nuclear power as an inherently dangerous energy source is now a fashion in the world. Such criticism is especially pernicious and misplaced in an energy starved country like India. One way of holding nuclear energy as an unsafe option is to claim that nuclear regulation in India is weak and the regulatory authority, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), is not independent and is marred with conflicts of interest due to its organizational structure. Nothing could be further from the truth.

When a president wraps his energy policy in the mantle of national security, it's a sure sign that he has a bad energy policy.

Concern about energy imports often goes hand in hand with feelings of insecurity and economic vulnerability. Similarly, a president's rhetorical linkage of energy policy to national security is an indicator of lack of confidence in America's global power. In a speech in March lauding his Energy Security Trust, a proposal to transfer offshore-drilling profits to a green-energy research fund, President Obama hewed to this formula and invoked national security, citing the support of General Paul Kelley, a former commandant of the Marine Corps, for his idea. In so doing, he was invoking the same rationale that had supported Jimmy Carter's war against oil imports and George W. Bush's push for biofuels (which, incidentally, helped propel food prices higher around the world and led to rioting across the Middle East). All three were following in the footsteps of Richard Nixon's Project Independence, which was announced in November 1973 in response to the Arab oil embargo and failed to achieve any of the objectives Nixon had set for it.