The FCC seeks to ban Chinese inverters over grid disruptions concerns

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The Federal Communications Commission is drafting a rule to prohibit the imports of Chinese-made solar and battery inverters over possible risks to the U.S. power grid. 

The rule, which could be published as early as this year, would apply to new foreign models of inverters, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Inverters are devices used to convert power produced by solar panels or stored in batteries into electricity for homes or businesses. 

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