Rep. Steube Introduces CHARGE Act

WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) introduced today the Countering Harmful Adversarial Rechargeable and Generative Energy Act or CHARGE Act. This bill would prohibit the importation of energy storage systems containing remote monitoring capabilities from Chinese entities.

"China has made its intentions known with its rapidly growing surveillance state and blatant disregard for the security of the United States. As the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has made clear in their 2025 Annual Report to Congress, the United States cannot afford the risk of China spying on our power grid and the energy consumption of Americans with remote monitoring capabilities," said Rep. Steube. "That is why I have introduced the CHARGE Act to prohibit the importation of energy storage systems from China that contain remote monitoring capabilities and compromise our national security."

Background: The CHARGE Act would bar the importation of specific energy storage systems that possess remote monitoring capabilities that are owned, licensed, or manufactured with technology originating from the People's Republic of China. This is in line with the recommendations of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission's 2025 Annual Report to Congress that calls for an end to the "import of energy storage systems with remote monitoring capabilities that are manufactured by or made with technology licensed from Chinese entities."

Read the full bill text here.