Key Points. Presidential Order on Grid Security.

What prohibitions are in the executive order?

• ban the use of equipment for the power grid manufactured by a company under the control of a foreign adversary
• ban the buying of equipment that poses a national security threat

The executive order also creates the Task Force on Federal Energy Infrastructure Procurement Policies Related to National Security.  Who sits on this task force?

• Chair: Energy Secretary or the Secretary’s designee
• Secretary of Defense
• Secretary of the Interior
• Secretary of Commerce
• Secretary of Homeland Security
• Director of National Intelligence
• Director of the Office of Management and Budget
• head of any other agency that the Chair may designate in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior

The Whitehouse | Executive Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System

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