Another North Carolina power substation was damaged by gunfire early Tuesday in the third such shooting in the state since early December.
that the Moore County attack"raises a new level of threat," and said state and federal officials would work to"harden our infrastructure where that's necessary and work to prevent future damage."
Energy security experts say it's tough to stop attacks intended to knock out electricity, especially in rural areas. "The grid is extremely large," said Errol Southers, professor of national and homeland security at the University of Southern California,last month."It has about 6,400 power plants across the country, some 55,000 substations and over 450,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines serviced by 3,000 companies. ... It's extremely challenging to monitor and protect. And many of these places are very remote, and so officers have to get there.
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