Vandalism at three electrical substations in western Washington initially cut power to about 14,000 utility customers, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said. Similar attacks have been reported in Washington, Oregon and North Carolina since November.
A Tacoma Power crew works at an electrical substation damaged by vandals early on Christmas morning after cutting a padlock to gain entry according to a crew manager, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022 in Graham, Wa.
TACOMA, Wash. — Vandalism at three power substations in western Washington early Sunday initially cut power to about 14,000 utility customers, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said. The attacks come as federal officials are warning that the U.S. power grid needs better security to prevent domestic terrorism and after a large outage ina U.S. Department of Homeland Security report
warned that domestic extremists have been developing “credible, specific plans” to attack electricity infrastructure since at least 2020. Tacoma Public Utilities reported vandalism at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday at one substation, followed by vandalism at a second substation, the sheriff’s office said. The outages affected about 7,300 customers in an area southeast of Tacoma. Just before noon, the utility had restored power to all but 2,700 customers whose power was estimated to be restored at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday.Meanwhile, just before noon, Puget Sound Energy reported vandalism that had happened at about 2:30 a.m.
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