Four power substations in Washington state were targeted on Christmas day, causing thousands of people to lose electricity.
According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, the first three locations had been forcibly entered, and all four had been vandalized. As a result of the initial three instances, 14,000 people were affected by power outages.The first incident took place at 2:39 a.m. at a Puget Sound Energy facility. However, authorities were not notified until 11:25 a.m. At 5:26 a.m., police were alerted to a burglary at the Tacoma Public Utilities Substation.
Kapowsin Substation broken into. Vandalism to the equipment caused a fire. Crews were able to extinguish it.— Pierce Co Sheriff December 26, 2022 Police said that power has since been restored to most of the affected homes. A 2022 report by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis revealed that some domestic extremists “have developed credible, specific plans to attack electricity infrastructure since at least 2020.”
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