FBI Responds to , Another Attack on , the US Power Grid.
Early on January 17, the FBI
responded to gunfire at another
North Carolina power substation. .
Fox News reports that the incident comes nearly two months
after the electric grid in Moore County, NC, was affected by
what authorities deemed an act of criminal vandalism.
That event caused widespread outages
that affected over 45,000 customers amid
frigid winter temperatures.
The most recent NC incident occurred
at a substation in Randolph County
and did not cause any outages.
According to the Randolph County
Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to
a vandalism call on Post Road in Thomasville.
Officials at EnergyUnited said the power
company responded after an alarm alerted them of
an equipment issue at its Pleasant Hill Substation.
Crews dispatched to the scene
discovered "damage to the substation
transformer from an apparent gunshot.".
Crews dispatched to the scene
discovered "damage to the substation
transformer from an apparent gunshot.".
The damage was quickly assessed
and contained to mitigate the impact
to members in the Pleasant Hill area and
law enforcement officials were notified, EnergyUnited, via Fox News.
EnergyUnited members who are
served by this substation did not
experience an outage as a result of
the cooperative’s swift response, EnergyUnited, via Fox News.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
and North Carolina State Bureau of
Investigations (SBI) were also notified.
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force
responded to conduct
a parallel investigation, Randolph County Sheriff's Office, via Fox News