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We Need A 'Kill Switch' On Foreign Powers Tampering With Our Electric Grid
- U.S. security experts discovered that some Chinese solar power equipment sold in the U.S. contained hidden kill switches capable of remotely disabling the grid.
- This discovery stems from a long-standing reliance on Chinese-made renewable energy components amid slow U.S. action on infrastructure security and concerns about renewables.
- Chinese firms Huawei and Sungrow dominated the power inverter market in 2023, controlling over half of the supply crucial for both U.S. and European solar grids, which experts warn could be destabilized remotely.
- Experts warned that unauthorized communication devices in some Chinese solar inverters have the potential to disrupt electrical grids, harm critical energy systems, and cause extensive outages, while the Chinese embassy rejected these claims.
- These events underscore urgent calls for federal legislation to mandate U.S. energy independence and embed protections preventing foreign control of America's power grid.
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We Need a ‘Kill Switch’ on Foreign Powers Tampering With Our El...
It’s time for Congress to embed a “kill switch” of its own on the ability of foreign countries to disable the U.S. power grid. That assurance can only come when we take America’s energy independence from being a worthy goal to a mandated reality.
Klar: Is the US Power Grid Becoming More Vulnerable?
The lessons of Chinese ‘kill switches’ and Spain’s blackout. Recent revelations that Chinese-manufactured electricity inverters in US solar fields contain radio-controlled “kill switches” that could be used to sabotage the nation’s electrical power grid have raised eyebrows about energy security. The aging US grid system has not been upgraded to keep pace with the increased ... Read more Source
We Need a ‘Kill Switch’ on Foreign Powers Tampering With Our Electric Grid › American Greatness
This article was originally published by The Empowerment Alliance and is re-published with permission. It has long been acknowledged that the United States’ energy infrastructure isn’t […] Source
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