Trump signs order banning some foreign equipment from US energy grid
The Energy Department has 120 days to write rules as the order targets equipment with hidden backdoors and remote-access risks, officials said.
- On Wednesday, August 26, 2026, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency and signed an executive order banning foreign-made equipment from the United States electric grid, citing an "unusual and extraordinary" security threat.
- Rapid growth in artificial intelligence and defense production has increased the country's reliance on foreign electrical components, creating an "undue risk of catastrophic effects" on critical infrastructure, the administration said.
- The order prohibits companies from purchasing or installing foreign-produced parts that could contain digital "backdoors"—secret access points allowing hostile governments to remotely control or disable the bulk-power system.
- Federal officials are directed to identify potentially dangerous equipment and make recommendations, targeting transactions with countries under United States arms embargoes or those working against American interests.
- Washington has previously restricted Chinese telecom suppliers Huawei and ZTE from networks, while the European Commission banned Chinese-made inverters from publicly funded energy projects earlier this year.
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The law passed by the Presidential Decree prohibits the acquisition and installation of certain parts manufactured abroad. The government justified the move with an "extraordinary threat".
Donald Trump takes a look at the critical infrastructure against Chinese companies. The US President even calls out the "national emergency situation".
Trump wants to protect the country's electricity grid from risks from abroad – for example, from sabotage files that could cripple the supply. But not all dependencies are easy to cut.
The US President signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency to protect the country's power grid.
"The goal is to protect the U.S. grid and electrical systems," the White House source stressed to the France-Presse agency.
Donald Trump calls for a national emergency due to possible security risks and restricts foreign technology in the US electricity grid. Chinese plants in particular are the focus.
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