Expert: Biden Order Jeopardizing Security of U.S. Power Grid, by J.M. Phelps

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed a record 17 executive orders. One of them, says a national security expert, contains a two-sentence provision that may have placed the security of America’s electrical grid at risk.

Biden’s Executive Order 13990 was purportedly issued to “tackle the climate crisis,” but a closer look reveals what the Center for Security Policy considers a genuine threat to the security of America’s electrical grid. Less than a year ago, then-President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13920 upon “[finding] that foreign adversaries are increasingly creating and exploiting vulnerabilities in the United States bulk-power system, which provides the electricity that supports our national defense, vital emergency services, critical infrastructure, economy, and way of life.”

However, Biden’s recent order suspended for 90 days Trump’s action of securing the United States bulk-power system – which some would argue has nothing to do with climate change.  …

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