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Executive Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System
I'v only glanced at this, but my guess is, if there's any Chinese equipment being in for electric power generation, transmission, or distribution, it can henceforth be banned from importation.
I do not know how much of the market that would represent. My guess is that the bulk of equipment comes from GE and ABB.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Executive Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System
INFRASTRUCTURE & TECHNOLOGY
Issued on: May 1, 2020
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that foreign adversaries are increasingly creating and exploiting vulnerabilities in the United States bulk-power system, which provides the electricity that supports our national defense, vital emergency services, critical infrastructure, economy, and way of life. The bulk-power system is a target of those seeking to commit malicious acts against the United States and its people, including malicious cyber activities, because a successful attack on our bulk-power system would present significant risks to our economy, human health and safety, and would render the United States less capable of acting in defense of itself and its allies.
I further find that the unrestricted acquisition or use in the United States of bulk-power system electric equipment designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of foreign adversaries augments the ability of foreign adversaries to create and exploit vulnerabilities in bulk-power system electric equipment, with potentially catastrophic effects.
I therefore determine that the unrestricted foreign supply of bulk-power system electric equipment constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, which has its source in whole or in substantial part outside the United States. This threat exists both in the case of individual acquisitions and when acquisitions are considered as a class. Although maintaining an open investment climate in bulk-power system electric equipment, and in the United States economy more generally, is important for the overall growth and prosperity of the United States, such openness must be balanced with the need to protect our Nation against a critical national security threat. To address this threat, additional steps are required to protect the security, integrity, and reliability of bulk-power system electric equipment used in the United States. In light of these findings, I hereby declare a national emergency with respect to the threat to the United States bulk-power system.
Accordingly, I hereby order:
Section 1. Prohibitions and Implementation. (a) The following actions are prohibited: any acquisition, importation, transfer, or installation of any bulk-power system electric equipment (transaction) by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, where the transaction involves any property in which any foreign country or a national thereof has any interest (including through an interest in a contract for the provision of the equipment), where the transaction was initiated after the date of this order, and where the Secretary of Energy (Secretary), in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, and, as appropriate, the heads of other executive departments and agencies (agencies), has determined that:
(i) the transaction involves bulk-power system electric equipment designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied, by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary; and
(ii) the transaction:
(A) poses an undue risk of sabotage to or subversion of the design, integrity, manufacturing, production, distribution, installation, operation, or maintenance of the bulk-power system in the United States;
(B) poses an undue risk of catastrophic effects on the security or resiliency of United States critical infrastructure or the economy of the United States; or
(C) otherwise poses an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons.
{snip}
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 1, 2020.
Executive Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System
INFRASTRUCTURE & TECHNOLOGY
Issued on: May 1, 2020
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that foreign adversaries are increasingly creating and exploiting vulnerabilities in the United States bulk-power system, which provides the electricity that supports our national defense, vital emergency services, critical infrastructure, economy, and way of life. The bulk-power system is a target of those seeking to commit malicious acts against the United States and its people, including malicious cyber activities, because a successful attack on our bulk-power system would present significant risks to our economy, human health and safety, and would render the United States less capable of acting in defense of itself and its allies.
I further find that the unrestricted acquisition or use in the United States of bulk-power system electric equipment designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of foreign adversaries augments the ability of foreign adversaries to create and exploit vulnerabilities in bulk-power system electric equipment, with potentially catastrophic effects.
I therefore determine that the unrestricted foreign supply of bulk-power system electric equipment constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, which has its source in whole or in substantial part outside the United States. This threat exists both in the case of individual acquisitions and when acquisitions are considered as a class. Although maintaining an open investment climate in bulk-power system electric equipment, and in the United States economy more generally, is important for the overall growth and prosperity of the United States, such openness must be balanced with the need to protect our Nation against a critical national security threat. To address this threat, additional steps are required to protect the security, integrity, and reliability of bulk-power system electric equipment used in the United States. In light of these findings, I hereby declare a national emergency with respect to the threat to the United States bulk-power system.
Accordingly, I hereby order:
Section 1. Prohibitions and Implementation. (a) The following actions are prohibited: any acquisition, importation, transfer, or installation of any bulk-power system electric equipment (transaction) by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, where the transaction involves any property in which any foreign country or a national thereof has any interest (including through an interest in a contract for the provision of the equipment), where the transaction was initiated after the date of this order, and where the Secretary of Energy (Secretary), in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, and, as appropriate, the heads of other executive departments and agencies (agencies), has determined that:
(i) the transaction involves bulk-power system electric equipment designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied, by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary; and
(ii) the transaction:
(A) poses an undue risk of sabotage to or subversion of the design, integrity, manufacturing, production, distribution, installation, operation, or maintenance of the bulk-power system in the United States;
(B) poses an undue risk of catastrophic effects on the security or resiliency of United States critical infrastructure or the economy of the United States; or
(C) otherwise poses an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons.
{snip}
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 1, 2020.
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Executive Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2020
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Yonnie3
(17,491 posts)1. It is not clear, but perhaps computer and communication equipment could be affected.
Control and data communication is a big part of bulk power generation and transmission.
It is hard to buy any electronics that doesn't contain some Chinese components.
I found this https://fcw.com/articles/2019/07/12/congress-grid-supply-chain-rockwell.aspx
Regulators pressed on Chinese gear in energy supply chain
Congress
Regulators pressed on Chinese gear in energy supply chain
By Mark Rockwell
Jul 12, 2019
The heads of agencies charged with protecting the cybersecurity of electrical transmission infrastructure told members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Energy Subcommittee that they're addressing supply chain concerns on a number of fronts.
The top managers of the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER); the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) faced questions in a July 12 hearing from lawmakers concerned about whether gear from Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE are showing up in bulk power companies' operations.
NERC President and CEO Jim Robb said his organization plans additional action over Huawei/ZTE concerns in the coming days. NERC first issued a bulletin to grid providers in March in response to the administration's prohibitions of those companies' products.
Robb said his organization plans to follow up on that initial warning next week, when it issues a "Level 2 NERC Alert" about Huawei/ZTE equipment in electrical utility networks. Under the alert, he said, companies will have to inventory of all the prohibited equipment still in their networks and provide a mitigation strategy for it.
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Congress
Regulators pressed on Chinese gear in energy supply chain
By Mark Rockwell
Jul 12, 2019
The heads of agencies charged with protecting the cybersecurity of electrical transmission infrastructure told members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Energy Subcommittee that they're addressing supply chain concerns on a number of fronts.
The top managers of the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER); the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) faced questions in a July 12 hearing from lawmakers concerned about whether gear from Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE are showing up in bulk power companies' operations.
NERC President and CEO Jim Robb said his organization plans additional action over Huawei/ZTE concerns in the coming days. NERC first issued a bulletin to grid providers in March in response to the administration's prohibitions of those companies' products.
Robb said his organization plans to follow up on that initial warning next week, when it issues a "Level 2 NERC Alert" about Huawei/ZTE equipment in electrical utility networks. Under the alert, he said, companies will have to inventory of all the prohibited equipment still in their networks and provide a mitigation strategy for it.
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mahatmakanejeeves
(57,621 posts)2. That must be it. Thanks. NT
58Sunliner
(4,410 posts)3. What's in it for Russia?
captain queeg
(10,251 posts)4. I've never seen any Chinese supplied equipment
Though the facilities Im familiar with are older. I think the idea that its about computer and control equipment could be the issue is correct.
Igel
(35,359 posts)5. Check out
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/Large%20Power%20Transformer%20Study%20-%20June%202012_0.pdf
This was an issue in the aftermath of Maria. Some LPTs needed to be supplied to PR and it severely drew down the reserves of large power transformers that the US had on hand.
I think the C&C equipment is primary, but it's clearly written with the same language that includes power transformers.
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060216451/
As illustrated in Figure 11, a large volume of LPTs were installed in the United States between the 1950s and 1970s. Although the investment remained low in the 1990s, the need for LPTs has been growing steadily since 1999. Despite its mounting demand for power transformers, the United States has a limited domestic capacity to produce LPTs.
This was an issue in the aftermath of Maria. Some LPTs needed to be supplied to PR and it severely drew down the reserves of large power transformers that the US had on hand.
I think the C&C equipment is primary, but it's clearly written with the same language that includes power transformers.
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060216451/
EarthFirst
(2,905 posts)6. What's he gonna start flipping the switch on Democratic states? nt