US Department Of Energy Lists Six Countries As "Foreign Adversaries"; Only Two Are Also "State Sponsors Of Terrorism"

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [DOE–HQ–2020–0028] Securing the United States Bulk-Power System AGENCY: Office of Electricity, Department of Energy. ACTION: Request for information (RFI). SUMMARY: Pursuant to Executive Order 13920 (E.O. 13920) issued May 1, 2020, titled ‘‘Securing the United States BulkPower System,’’ the Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is seeking information to understand the energy industry’s current practices to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in the supply chain for components of the bulk-power system (BPS).

On May 1, 2020, the President issued Executive Order 13920, which has four main pillars: (1) Prohibit any acquisition, importation, transfer, or installation of BPS electric equipment by any person or with respect to any property to which a foreign adversary or an associated national thereof has any interest, that poses an undue risk to the BPS, the security or resiliency of U.S. critical infrastructure or the U.S. economy, or U.S. national security;

‘‘Foreign adversaries’’ are defined as any foreign government or foreign nongovernment person engaged in a longterm pattern or serious instance of conduct significantly adverse to the national security of the U.S. or its allies or the security and safety of U.S. persons.

The current list of ‘‘foreign adversaries’’ consists of the governments of the following countries: The People’s Republic of China (China), the Republic of Cuba (Cuba), the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran), the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), the Russian Federation (Russia), and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Venezuela).

This determination is based on multiple sources, including ODNI’s 2016–2019 Worldwide Threat Assessments of the U.S. Intelligence Community, the 2020– 2022 National Counterintelligence Strategy, and the 2018 National Cyber Strategy of the United States of America (see https://www.whitehouse.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2018/09/NationalCyber-Strategy.pdf). Note, the abovementioned countries identified as ‘‘foreign adversaries’’ are here identified as such only for the purposes of E.O. 13920.

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The United States Department of State lists four countries as “State Sponsors of Terrorism”: the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Iran, Sudan, and Syria. LINK