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<p dir="auto">President Trump has declared a national emergency seeking to block some foreign equipment from being used in the U.S. electric grid.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Trump, in a Wednesday executive order, said foreign supply of electric equipment “constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat” to national security.</p>
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<p dir="auto">He therefore issued the order restricting the purchase and installation of foreign-made components for the grid if doing so poses a risk to grid security or electricity supply.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Under the order, it will be up to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, in coordination with other officials, to determine whether a piece of equipment poses an issue.</p>
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<p dir="auto">The order could impact a wide range of equipment, including substations, transformers, batteries used for energy storage, generators, turbines, software and more.</p>
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<p dir="auto">It does not lay out specific threats or single out any country by name.</p>
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<p dir="auto"><strong>However, China is a major manufacturer of a lot of grid equipment, especially solar power and batteries.</strong> According to the International Energy Agency, China has 80 percent of the world’s lithium-ion battery supply chain production capacity and 85 percent of its solar production capacity.</p>
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<p dir="auto">The Trump administration has called for outpacing China technologically, including on issues such as AI. Separately, it has called for a broader buildout of U.S. energy production, though it has taken a hostile stance toward renewable energy.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Under the last Trump administration, the president put a similar order in place.</p>
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<p dir="auto">The new order comes amid several reported cyberattacks on U.S. water systems, which officials suspect have links to Iran, according to The New York Times.</p>
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<p dir="auto">On his first day in office, Trump declared a national energy emergency as part of an effort to bolster energy production.</p>
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<div class="row mt-3"><div class="col-12 mt-3"><p><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6054792-trump-national-emergency-power-grid/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6054792-trump-national-emergency-power-grid/</a></p></div></div>]]></description><link>https://citiverse.it/topic/d4824b31-798d-4983-a6fd-fdddb584dda2/trump-declares-national-emergency-to-ban-some-foreign-grid-equipment</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:09:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://citiverse.it/topic/d4824b31-798d-4983-a6fd-fdddb584dda2.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:57:17 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Trump declares national emergency to ban some foreign grid equipment on Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:05:12 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">The most privileged companies will pay Trump and magically get access.</p>
]]></description><link>https://citiverse.it/post/https://programming.dev/comment/25681083</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiverse.it/post/https://programming.dev/comment/25681083</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[[[global:guest]]]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:05:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Trump declares national emergency to ban some foreign grid equipment on Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:01:18 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Just another racket where they will sell exemptions.</p>
]]></description><link>https://citiverse.it/post/https://beehaw.org/comment/6170591</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiverse.it/post/https://beehaw.org/comment/6170591</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[chahk@beehaw.org]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:01:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Trump declares national emergency to ban some foreign grid equipment on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:16:13 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">But I thought it was all Tim Waltz fault and Trump said it was no big deal so long as adversaries attack blue states…</p>
]]></description><link>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28503853</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28503853</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[olejellylegs@lemmy.zip]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:16:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Trump declares national emergency to ban some foreign grid equipment on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:46:01 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">The new order comes amid several reported cyberattacks on U.S. water systems, which officials suspect have links to Iran, according to The New York Times.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I know the article isn't saying it's the same, but I wanted to add a clarification that the <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2026/malicious-cyber-actors-targeting-water-and-wastewater-sector-internet--facing-programmable-logic-controllers-causing-operational-disruptions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">FBI had said</a> the attacks were only noted in Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), specifically MicroLogix 1100 and 1400 series.</p>
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<p dir="auto">After remotely accessing internet-facing devices, the actors changed the IP addresses and passwords, resulting in a loss of monitoring and control functionality.</p>
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<p dir="auto">There have been PLC attacks that resulted from a compromised device being installed but these appear to be about poor security practices.</p>
<p dir="auto">Someone is in TROUBLE:</p>
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<p dir="auto">At least one organization reported modified PLC project files after noticing ladder logic discrepancies across several sites.</p>
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<p dir="auto">There is literally a physical key you have to turn to change the program. For example:</p>
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