Experts Warn Renewable Energy Creates 'New Opportunities' For Chinese Grid Attacks

"Do we have a satisfactory supply of inverters for all of the renewable energy that's being brought into the grid?" Rep. Michael Burgess asked Mr. Stockton, who also holds positions on subcommittees in the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy.

In his written testimony, Mr. Stockton elaborated on the ways inverter-based resources "Provide China with new opportunities to disrupt the grid."

He referred to a 2022 report from the Department of Energy outlining the cybersecurity risks associated with the changes to America's grid.

Mr. Stockton argued in written testimony that decentralization could make the grid "More difficult to disrupt than today's version, which relies on a small number of critical, high-value assets that adversaries can selectively target."

Manny Cancel, CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, named China alongside Russia, Iran, and North Korea as foreign adversaries that could threaten the United States' grid.

The grid experts' concerns weren't limited to the threat from China and other rivals on the world stage.

"These same capabilities are opening the door to unprecedented opportunities to manipulate demand for power, and exacerbate rather than remedy grid instabilities," Mr. Stockton added.

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