Restore the bulk-power system security approach of EO 13920 and the 2020 Prohibition Order

What has happened

1. Sep 9, 2026 Partially done

   DOE opened the implementation, and what it opened is a request for information rather than a prohibition order. Consistent with EO 14421, the Department is asking industry about the scope of covered equipment and transactions, the risks posed by Covered Foreign Entities, supply-chain and remote-access practices, existing equipment and mitigation, licensing and prequalification, domestic manufacturing and secure replacement capacity, and Federal procurement (docket DOE-2026-HQ-2026-1123). The half of the Quote that is still missing is unchanged by it: no Covered Foreign Entity is designated, no equipment is identified, and no successor to the December 2020 Prohibition Order exists. The `partial` repeats because the step is real and the rung is not.

   • DOE request for information: Securing the United States Bulk-Power System (91 FR 57322) — implementing the Executive order of 2026-08-26

     Primary Executive branch Sep 9, 2026

2. Aug 26, 2026 Partially done

   EO 14421 restores the EO 13920 framework for bulk-power system equipment and gives the Secretary of Energy authority to condition, isolate, disconnect, replace or remove equipment already installed. Partial rather than done: no successor to the December 2020 Prohibition Order has been issued, no Covered Foreign Entity has been designated and no equipment has been identified; the implementing rules are due within 120 days of the order. Neither the Office of Electricity nor CESER has been given the grid-security charter the Quote describes.

   • Executive Order 14421, Declaring a National Emergency To Secure the United States Bulk-Power System

     Primary Executive branch Aug 26, 2026

   • FERC final rule: Supply Chain Risk Management Reliability Standards Revisions

     Primary Executive branch Sep 23, 2025