{"id":1733,"date":"2026-08-28T09:38:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2026-08-28T09:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:38:37","slug":"trump-declares-national-emergency-over-foreign-equipment-in-u-s-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1733","title":{"rendered":"Trump Declares National Emergency Over Foreign Equipment in U.S. Power Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Wednesday aimed at preventing potentially dangerous foreign-made equipment from being installed in the U.S. electrical grid.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1732\">Federal Judge Again Blocks Trump Mail-In Voting Rules Ahead of Midterms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump said in an executive order that the foreign supply of certain electrical equipment \u201cconstitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat\u201d to U.S. national security.<\/p>\n<p>The order restricts the purchase and installation of foreign-made components in the nation\u2019s bulk-power system when federal officials determine the equipment could pose a security risk.<\/p>\n<p>Energy Secretary Chris Wright, working with other federal officials, will have authority to determine which equipment presents a threat and should be restricted.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1731\">Disney Fired Gina Carano \u2026 but Not Mark Ruffalo?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The executive order does not identify specific countries or describe particular threats behind the national emergency declaration. Instead, it establishes a framework allowing the federal government to scrutinize equipment based on potential risks to the reliability and security of the power system.<\/p>\n<p>The restrictions cover a wide range of infrastructure, including electrical substations, transformers and generators. They also apply to inverters used in renewable energy projects and battery storage systems.<\/p>\n<p>The executive order addresses the vulnerability of America\u2019s critical infrastructure to foreign interference, including the possibility that compromised equipment could provide adversaries with access to systems essential to electricity generation and distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1729\">Morning Greatness: Trump Signs Executive Order Renaming Lake Ontario to \u2018Lake America\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Wednesday aimed at preventing potentially dangerous foreign-made equipment from being installed in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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