A North Carolina sheriff said power outages affecting 40,000 customers are being investigated as a 'criminal occurrence' after evidence of 'intentional vandalism' at substations found.
This file images shows Progress Energy Inc. powerlines lead from a substation in Durham, North Carolina, on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. Duke Energy Corp. was nearing an agreement to buy Progress Energy Inc. to form the largest U.S. utility." should contact the Moore County Sheriff’s Office at 910-947-2931. evidence was discovered that indicated that intentional vandalism had occurred at multiple sites," Fields also told WRAL. This photo shared Nov.
Jeff Brooks, with Duke Energy, told WRAL crews are experiencing"multiple equipment failures" affecting substations in Moore County, which acts as a border between Piedmont and the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields reports that the mass power outage across the county is being investigated as a criminal occurrence.
WRAL reported that a Duke Energy outage map Saturday evening showed 37,998 customers without power in Moore County. The Randolph Electric Membership Corporation also counted nearly 3,000 customers without power in the southern part of the county, according to the news station.
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