Hi Brian, You might want to explore the option of getting conditional approval <https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/annex-a-guidance-conditional-approval-inverters.pdf> .
On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 2:19 PM Brian Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Compliance Colleagues, > > We're familiar with the ban on Huawei and ZTE communications equipment, > and this Wednesday, the FCC published a Public Notice DA 26-786, adding to > it's euphemistically termed "Covered List" all "foreign made" inverters. > > "Covered" in this context means banned from obtaining new FCC equipment > authorizations. A de facto complete ban. > > Here's the link; it looks pretty airtight. How legal is this? If > enforced, it will completely torpedo our two new product lines. > DA-26-786A1.pdf <https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-786A1.pdf> > > How legal is this? My bot says that " By law, additions are mandated only > after a determination is made by qualifying U.S. national security agencies > (such as the Department of Defense, DHS, or the Office of the Director of > National Intelligence)." The 2nd paragraph does state the WH included " > appropriate national security expertise, including appropriate national > security agencies." > > Since when did DoD have time to put all non-US inverters on the FCC > Covered List? > > This should be huge news..... > > Colorado Brian > ------------------------------ > > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > [email protected] > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Website: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/ > Instructions: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) <https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/list.html> > List rules: > https://pses.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/EM-PSTC-List-Rules.pdf > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Mike Sherman at: [email protected] > Rick Linford at: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher at: [email protected] > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: > https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1 > -- Scott Aldous | Regulatory Compliance Manager | [email protected] | 650-253-1994 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Website: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/ Instructions: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: https://pses.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/EM-PSTC-List-Rules.pdf For help, send mail to the list administrators: Mike Sherman at: [email protected] Rick Linford at: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> _________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1
