
Trump signed his executive order titles “Securing the United States Bulk-Power System” in May of 2020. “big trees, coexisting with power lines” by woodleywonderworks is licensed with CC BY 2.0.

These three systems, in conjunction with a fourth grid that serves Quebec, are called the bulk-power system (BPS). and eastern Canada, while a third section of the grid functions independently which supplies the bulk of Texas. with western Canada, while another connects the eastern half of the U.S. power grids consists of multiple major pieces, one of which connects the western half of the U.S. This action by Biden does not, however, somehow unilaterally grant China access to U.S. Donald Trump in conference room at Walter Reed Medical Center on Octoimage via White House Flickr/Public Domain This step was taken so the Biden’s administration could have a chance to examine Trump’s executive order. power grid, even making the claim that it was China that caused millions people in Texas to lose power in the middle of an extreme winter storm, resulting in Biden declaring a state of emergency spanning multiple states.īiden did, however, sign an an executive order that suspended for 90 days Trump administration order that barred the installation of equipment in the U.S power grid that was purchased from foreign adversaries into electrical infrastructure. They falsely claimed that President Joe Biden gave China access to the U.S. Many other individuals took things even further that just the Washington Examiner.

“Regardless, for Biden to signal, on his first day in office, that he could be amenable to opening the American electricity grid up to problematic Chinese equipment is very troubling.” “It is not clear whether the order signed by Trump’s Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette prohibiting the importation of Chinese equipment remains in place after Biden suspended Trump’s Executive Order.” IER wrote: “For Biden to revoke President Trump’s order means that he is not concerned about potential threats to the U.S. Institute for Energy Research February 9, 2021 electricity system into a predominantly wind and solar power system. President Biden has an energy plan that will result in the need for an abundance of new transformers as he transitions the U.S. Institute for Energy Research (IER) also wrote the following report: Headlines like “Biden’s order could let China control US electric grid” from The Washington Examiner helped fuel the fire for conspiracy theorists across the nation.
