CRISIS America’s Power Plants Are Being Destroyed by Sabotage

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America's Power Plants Are Being Destroyed by Sabotage - Headline USA

(Joshua Paladino, Headline USA) The United States has suffered more attacks on its electrical grid—106 from January to August 2022—than in any prior year, but the federal government has identified few culprits, except “domestic extremists” who oppose drag queen groomer shows. Federal authorities...

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'In recent attacks, criminal actors bypassed security fences by cutting the fence links, lighting nearby fires, shooting equipment from a distance... '
ByJoshua Paladino
December 9, 2022

The gate to the Duke Energy West End substation in Moore County, N.C. is wrecked. / PHOTO: AP
(Joshua Paladino, Headline USA)

The United States has suffered more attacks on its electrical grid—106 from January to August 2022—than in any prior year, but the federal government has identified few culprits, except “domestic extremists” who oppose drag queen groomer shows.
Federal authorities opened an investigation into the attacks on utility companies and the electrical grid following a substation shooting in North Carolina that caused thousands to lose power for days, Investment Watch reported.
A single person fired with a long rifle at the Duke Energy facility at the Wateree Hydro Station in Ridgeway and then drove away, according to law enforcement reports.

To prevent further inquiry into the shooting, investigators and the mainstream media blamed it on right-wing extremists, the Daily Mail reported.
Investigators claimed that the attack aimed to prevent a drag show for kids at the Sunrise Theater in Southern Pines, which a group promoting queer ideology hosted at 7 p.m. that night.
The theory fits within the Department of Homeland Security’s belief that right-wing extremists have had “specific plans to attack electricity infrastructure since at least 2020.”

A few days before the attack in Moore County, North Carolina, two electrical substations were shot and debilitated near Portland. The shooter or shooters targeted both Portland General Electric and the Bonneville Power Administration in Clackamas County.
In a federal law enforcement memo, officials described attacks on West coast power plants as planned. The eco-terrorists used “handtools, arson, firearms, and metal chains possibly in response to an online call for attacks on critical infrastructure.”
They would come prepared for obstacles, according to the memo.

“In recent attacks, criminal actors bypassed security fences by cutting the fence links, lighting nearby fires, shooting equipment from a distance or throwing objects over the fence and on to equipment,” the memo said.
Destruction of the energy grid would benefit foreign powers, like China and Russia, as well as Left-wing extremists, who see continued fossil fuel use as an existential threat to humanity.

 

[WalknTrot]

The title is a bit misleading. Far as I know, nobody has destroyed a power plant.

Also chuckling every time I see that pic of the rotted post and old rusty gate. The danged wind could have blown that over.

 

[Bps1691]

Trusting any of the politicized federal agencies to do due diligence on attacks or crimes and honestly report on the culprits is a mistake.

They are biased to focus on domestic whites first and always, and ignore anything else.

It is always the white, MAGA, homophobes that are the perps even if the evidence proves otherwise.

 

[33dInd]

Couple this with the food processing plants
And the deaths of thousands of cattle at feed lots

And

A picture begins to emerge

 

[bracketquant]

Trusting any of the politicized federal agencies to do due diligence on attacks or crimes and honestly report on the culprits is a mistake.

They are biased to focus on domestic whites first and always, and ignore anything else.

It is always the white, MAGA, homophobes that are the perps even if the evidence proves otherwise.

You forgot male.

 

[NoDandy]

Couple this with the food processing plants
And the deaths of thousands of cattle at feed lots

And

A picture begins to emerge

Yes, very clear picture - FALSE FLAG

 

[Demodave]

Got to have a reason to take those evil black rifles away......

 

[Luddite]

Also chuckling every time I see that pic of the rotted post and old rusty gate. The danged wind could have blown that over.

This!!!!
That is a cheap "bull gate" that can be bought at any feed store.

That old power pole for a post probably had an effective use in the Eisenhower administration.

This is becoming comical.

There are a few idiots in any group. Left, right or middle. Drunks or miscreants can have zero political motivation.

The effort with which this is being pushed is glaringly obvious.

 

[Samuel Adams]

There are a few idiots in any group.

What really fries my bacon is when those idiots are tasked with brainstorming the narrative and then selling the BS……

 

[Luddite]

What really fries my bacon is when those idiots are tasked with brainstorming the narrative and then selling the BS……

Not sure I follow. Care to elaborate?

ETA: I will suggest many plants have ignored and canceled maintenance because of impending closure.

The title "could" be used for an informative article explaining as much.

"Queer hating extremists" not so much...

There's "sabotage" then there's SABOTAGE.

 

[Dennis Olson]

but the federal government has identified few culprits, except “domestic extremists” who oppose drag queen groomer shows.

When in reality, it’s the woke eco-communists who will see us all dead so they can live their “solar power” lifestyle.

 

[Dozdoats]

it’s the woke eco-communists

Who would see us dead to 'save the planet.'

 

[Babs]

Maybe this will make them get their butts in gear and get our power systems secured.

 

[night driver]

Maybe this will make them get their butts in gear and get our power systems secured.

THAT hurts!!!

I mean, BEFORE or AFTER they get it to where THEY really want it???

 

[biere]

Your rural dwelling becomes less enjoyable if the grid in your area becomes unreliable. One way they can make many more to the cities. And yeah I know some folks are not on the grid but look at some of those out west having to haul in water or other things. If you are dependent on other humans those in power will try to use that against you.

 

[Babs]

THAT hurts!!!

I mean, BEFORE or AFTER they get it to where THEY really want it???

I guess I'm foolishly optimistic. I am hoping that the local power companies will care about their infrastructure.

 

[Seeker22]

Couple this with the food processing plants
And the deaths of thousands of cattle at feed lots

And

A picture begins to emerge

American Holodomor.

 

[WalknTrot]

Your rural dwelling becomes less enjoyable if the grid in your area becomes unreliable. One way they can make many more to the cities. And yeah I know some folks are not on the grid but look at some of those out west having to haul in water or other things. If you are dependent on other humans those in power will try to use that against you.

Rather be rural than city when the grid goes down, and the LAST place anybody rural would go is the city when the lights go out.

That's unless you think the cities are immune to power failures? Maybe I'm misunderstanding, because that simply doesn't make sense.

 

[Nowski]

I have been by this substation many times, on my way to visit
my brother, who lives in the Seven Lakes gated community,
in West End. Its down on NC-211, and you go past it,
before turning across the railroad tracks, before clearing
the guard shack.

 

[Samuel Adams]

Not sure I follow. Care to elaborate?

I was responding to the notion that there are idiots in every bunch….and my comment was aimed toward the general tendency, of late and increasing, for idiots to be put in charge of selling US the bullshit narratives that even most kids are beginning to see through.

 

[Dennis Olson]

Maybe this will make them get their butts in gear and get our power systems secured.

There is not enough manpower nor funding in this country to properly guard our infrastructure. Think about it.

 

[raven]

The title is a bit misleading. Far as I know, nobody has destroyed a power plant.

Also chuckling every time I see that pic of the rotted post and old rusty gate. The danged wind could have blown that over.

they don't have to destroy power plants,
the government is shutting them down.
not a problem, it is the plan

 

[biere]

Agenda 21 about depopulating rural areas. Rural power grid gonna be used to drive people to the cities cause they will say they can keep power and water on only on some areas and cities make more sense.

 

[L.A.B.]

There is not enough manpower nor funding in this country to properly guard our infrastructure. Think about it.

I’m thinking Stingray towers that hold cell signals that are seemingly showing up at multiple infringed sites in systemic order.

 

[NoDandy]

Got to have a reason to take those evil black rifles away......

They can try, but they will learn the meaning of Unintended Consequences !

They will regret what they start !!! And they will NOT be happy !!!

 

[Milkweed Host]

I am hoping that the local power companies will care about their infrastructure.

Your are correct, but the power companies haven't had the need to harden
some of these sub-stations until now.

The power companies are mostly likely holding meetings, looking for ideas
on how to address this issue. It is in their best interest to sell electricity.

We have concrete plants all over the place. Concrete T-walls could be pumped
out rather quickly and all over the place. This would allow for some extra protection,
but it is not going to stop everyone.

You will see lots of camera installations at these sub-stations.
There are also many different types of alarms to use.

If the problem worsens, the power company can bring in shooters/snipers and position
them inside the sub-station walls. Should the power company shooters come
under gunfire, they would have the right to return gunfire to defend themselves.

All these cost will be passed along to the consumer.

 

[Ractivist]

The bottom of the fallen pole / gate is rotted out, not freshly broken......looks like a set up shot.

 

[Samuel Adams]

The bottom of the fallen pole / gate is rotted out, not freshly broken......looks like a set up shot.

Evidence of idiots being put in charge of setting up and selling the narrative.

I love it.

 

[Rabbit]

Just a few minutes after reading this thread my power blinked. No storms no wind and no Internet for a little while. Spooky!

 

[Bubble Head]

A rotted gate post with a cattle gate for security didn’t seem to work. You would have thought a strongly worded No Trespassing sign in English and Spanish would have stopped the perps dead in their tracks. Guess they need more brainstorming meeting to figure this out.

 

[Ragnarok]

Two Tacoma Power substations, one PSE facility vandalized Christmas Day, authorities say

Two Tacoma Power substations in eastern Pierce County were “attacked” and a Puget Sound Energy facility damaged Christmas morning, officials said Sunday.

In all, more than 14,000 customers lost power.

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release it received a burglary call at a substation in Spanaway shortly after 5 a.m. When deputies arrived, they saw forced entry and vandalized equipment that caused a loss of power. A substation in Graham revealed a similar scene: forced entry and damaged equipment. Nothing was taken from either facility.

The Sheriff’s Department said it received a call from Puget Sound Energy later Sunday morning advising of another power outage at 2:39 a.m. from a third facility. Deputies at that scene said the facility had been broken into and vandalized.

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said it’s unknown if there were any motives or if “this was a coordinated attack on the power systems.”

Tacoma Public Utilities called the incidents at its substations “attacks,” but offered scant details.

“Deliberate physical damage occurred at two of our substations,” Tacoma Public Utilities spokesperson Rebekah Anderson said by email.

Sunday marked the seventh and eighth incidents in a string of attacks on electricity substations in Washington and Oregon this winter. The motives are unclear. But energy experts have warned the power grid is a prize target for domestic terrorists.

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security memo warned in January that extremist groups have been creating “credible, specific plans” to attack power facilities since at least 2020. This month, two North Carolina electricity substations were shot up and damaged, causing thousands of people to lose power.

Puget Sound Energy, the Cowlitz County Public Utility District, Portland General Electric and the Bonneville Power Administration told The Seattle Times they were cooperating with a federal investigation after substation attacks in November.

One of the attacks occurred over the Thanksgiving holiday. A fence was cut and equipment damaged at a substation in Clackamas, Oregon, according to the Bonneville Power Administration.

Two Tacoma Power substations, one PSE facility vandalized Christmas Day, authorities say

More than 7,000 people were without power Sunday morning after two Tacoma Power Utilities substations went down after what the utility said was a deliberate attack.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[Ractivist]

Extremists..... do foreign fighters fall in that category, specifically the mormons...no I mean muslims, my bad.

 

[mikeabn]

My concern is the large number of Chinese students in this country, most of them young men, combined with the 'police stations ' they've established. If they ever decided to start something they would have Fifth Column and headquarters elements to start things a few days before the main event.

 

[Masterchief117]

A rotted gate post with a cattle gate for security didn’t seem to work. You would have thought a strongly worded No Trespassing sign in English and Spanish would have stopped the perps dead in their tracks. Guess they need more brainstorming meeting to figure this out.

A Gun Free Zone sign would do it, guaranteed! They work so well in other places.

 

[workhorse]

Their is a difference between hurting a sub station they care about and one they don’t. Worked construction that did sight work for new and existing ones. They are usually in the open in a area where very few people go so they are not watched well. They do have cameras but usually only show the gates and doors to the station itself not the surrounding area. The real long term problem is transmission lines going miles in rugged areas with no one around. A four wheeler and some DET cord would do greater damage. If the sub station can’t get electricity it can’t distribute it. Most transformers have replacement somewhere not towers. Remember ice storm in NH that took out 20 towers. It took months to get it back to way it should have been. Had to use wooden ones that couldn’t take the same voltage to keep the grid up.

 

[rhughe13]

The leftist communist media is going to pop up the “Drag Queens” from here on out, just like they do the “Confederate Flag” for the Church shooting in Charleston and everything they deem racist from here on out.