A Liberal senator has asked the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water during Senate Estimates, "what is being done to ensure that we have sovereignty and that our sovereign risk is protected when it comes to our energy markets?" - a dog whistle relating to Chinese solar inverters and some perceived cyber security threat that these Chinese made inverters that are connected to the internet could be used against us somehow by the Chinese in a cyber war. In response, the department said that they are "in a position to move forward with a standards development proposal with Standards Australia in terms of additional cyber standards for [rooftop] inverters" and that they are in "early-stage discussions with the Australian Energy Market Operator about a potential technical solution that could be applied in the event that there is a successful cyber attack on rooftop inverters to restore functionality and stability to the grid".
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