Executive Order 13920: Securing the United States Bulk-Power System
President: Donald J. Trump
Empowered Energy to review and restrict certain foreign-supplied bulk-power equipment transactions posing security risks and created a procurement task force; specific bans required implementation.
Status: Completed/expired. Sources: Federal Register: Executive Order 13920 · Federal Register 2020 executive order disposition table · DOE: Securing Critical Electric Infrastructure · DOE implementing prohibition revocation.
Is Executive Order 13920 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13920’s national emergency expired on May 1, 2021, according to the Department of Energy. The department had already revoked its implementing equipment-prohibition order effective April 20, 2021; that agency action was not a presidential revocation of the executive order.
What does Executive Order 13920 do?
EO 13920 declared a national emergency concerning bulk-power equipment from foreign adversaries. It authorized the Energy Secretary to restrict transactions meeting the specified risk tests, develop implementing rules and coordinate federal procurement review.
Later evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: After EO 13990 suspended EO 13920 for 90 days, Energy revoked its December 2020 bulk-power prohibition order. The agency step does not itself say that every grid-security authority ended. Energy Department bulk-power order history.
Before and after
Before the order
Energy agencies managed grid procurement under existing statutes and reliability rules.
After the order
After EO 13990 suspended EO 13920 for 90 days, Energy revoked its December 2020 bulk-power prohibition order. The agency step does not itself say that every grid-security authority ended.
Who had to do what
| Agency / official | What the signed order directed | Deadline / timing |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of Energy | Determine prohibited equipment transactions; may negotiate mitigation and recognize prequalified vendors/equipment; implement IEEPA powers, publish rules, identify risky existing equipment and recommend isolation, monitoring or replacement; chair and support the Task Force and submit emergency reports to Congress. | Rules within 150 days of May 1, 2020; existing-equipment assessment and recommendations as soon as practicable. |
| OMB Director | Coordinate transaction determinations with Energy and transmit Task Force reports. | First Task Force report within one year; at least annually thereafter. |
| Secretary of Defense | Consult on transaction determinations, rules and risky existing-equipment recommendations; consult on additional Task Force members. | Rules within 150 days; equipment recommendations as soon as practicable. |
| Secretary of Homeland Security | Consult on transaction determinations, rules and risky existing-equipment recommendations. | Rules within 150 days; equipment recommendations as soon as practicable. |
| Director of National Intelligence | Consult on transaction determinations, rules and risky existing-equipment recommendations. | Rules within 150 days; equipment recommendations as soon as practicable. |
| Secretary of the Interior | Consult on risky existing-equipment identification/recommendations and additional Task Force members. | Equipment recommendations as soon as practicable. |
| Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors | Take appropriate implementation measures and consult on risky existing-equipment identification and recommendations. | Equipment recommendations as soon as practicable. |
| Energy Infrastructure Procurement Task Force | Recommend consistent national-security procurement policies to the FAR Council; evaluate energy-security/cybersecurity methods; consult electricity and oil/gas coordinating councils, engage distribution-industry groups, conduct directed studies and report progress/findings/recommendations. | First report within one year; at least annually thereafter; meets as required and terminates after objectives/reports unless extended. |
| Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council | Consider proposing a FAR amendment implementing Task Force recommendations for notice and public comment. | Within 180 days of receiving recommendations. |
| All agency heads | Take appropriate measures within their authority to implement the order. | No separate deadline specified. |
Source: Signed Federal Register text.
What happened next
EO 13920 signed; its Federal Register publication followed.
After EO 13990 suspended EO 13920 for 90 days, Energy revoked its December 2020 bulk-power prohibition order. The agency step does not itself say that every grid-security authority ended.
The national emergency declared by Executive Order 13920 expired, as confirmed by the Department of Energy. DOE had revoked its implementing equipment-prohibition order effective April 20, 2021. Official source
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
The Federal Register record identifies EO 13920, its title and signing date. After EO 13990 suspended EO 13920 for 90 days, Energy revoked its December 2020 bulk-power prohibition order. The agency step does not itself say that every grid-security authority ended. The linked source supports this particular later event; it does not establish every present legal or operational effect.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- Energy Department bulk-power order history (opens in a new tab) Official record
How we checked this
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