CONGRESSMAN KEITH SELF INTRODUCES THE CHARGE ACT TO SHIELD AMERICA'S ELECTRIC GRID FROM FOREIGN THREATS

Washington, May 13 -- Congressman Keith Self issued the following press release:

Congressman Keith Self introduced the Cybersecurity and Hardware Assurance for Resilient Grid Electrification (CHARGE) Act. This bill protects the U.S. electrical grid from dangerous vulnerabilities created by rogue electric vehicle manufacturers and foreign adversaries - particularly China.

The push to turn millions of electric vehicles into a nationwide "distributed power resource" is moving forward rapidly. Under Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology, EVs plugged into the grid would be called upon to dump power back into the system during peak demand. Tesla Cybertrucks, Ford F-150 Lightnings, and vehicles from eight other manufacturers are already equipped with...