Another Power Plant has been Sabotaged
On the weekend of Christmas, four power plants in Washington State were sabotaged. This cut power for thousands of Washington residents living in freezing winter temperatures.
“The search continued Monday for vandals who targeted four power substations on Christmas Day in Pierce County, Washington, setting fire to at least one of the facilities and knocking out power to more than 14,000 utility customers, authorities said,”ABC News reports. “Two of the break-ins were at Tacoma Public Utilities substations and two others were at a Puget Sound Energy station, according to the sheriff’s office in Pierce County, which encompasses Tacoma. No arrests have been announced.”
NEW POWER STATION ASSAULTS: Washington state authorities claim that at least three other substations have been targeted. It’s the latest in a string of attacks highlighting the vulnerability of the nation’s power grid. ABC’s Derricke Dennis reports. pic.twitter.com/4mfTB1r5Xj
— ABC World News Now (@abcWNN) December 26, 2022
After a North Carolina power plant was attacked at the beginning, the vandalism left residents without power for several weeks.
“The person who orchestrated the shooting on North Carolina power stations, leaving nearly an entire county without electricity for a second straight day, ‘knew exactly’ how to disable the stations, Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said Monday,” Fox Business reported This was earlier in the month. “North Carolina Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper warned of a “New level of threat” posed by Saturday’s gunfire and pushed for the hardening of critical infrastructure. ‘Protecting critical infrastructure like our power system must be a top priority,’ Cooper said in a press briefing on Monday. ‘These kinds of things cannot happen.'”
North Carolina won’t tolerate this type of violence or sabotage.https://t.co/HtRc9QPglz
— Governor Roy Cooper (@NC_Governor) December 6, 2022
In Oregon and South Carolina, there have been attacks.
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