The first US-built #offshorewind #substation is complete and headed to #SouthForkWind off #NewYork– a major milestone for the US #offshore #wind industry.
Offshore substations collect and stabilize power that the wind turbines generate, preparing it for transmission to shore. South Fork Wind’s 1,500-ton, 60-foot-tall substation was designed and engineered in Kansas, and built near #CorpusChristi by #KiewitOffshoreServices, the largest offshore fabricator in the US.
https://electrek.co/2023/05/29/first-us-built-offshore-wind-substation/

Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 34 of #Catonsville, #Maryland, and Brandon Clint Russell, 27 #Orlando, #Florida, were arrested February 3rd and subsequently indicted in a conspiracy to destroy an energy facility, according to the #DepartmentOfJustice.

Clendaniel and Russell are part of an #Accelerationist movement that aims to trigger societal collapse by promoting an armed #RacialConflict through violence, the report said.

#Baltimore #PowerPlant #Substation

https://www.rawstory.com/accelerationists-baltimore/

News about grid resiliency, including:

#Substation attacks may lead to new energy #security rules in 2023, experts say https://www.utilitydive.com/trendline/grid-resiliency/84/

Communication Breakdown. (One of the other bands in the practice space tonight was a very loud Del Nileppez cover band, Lenny Gonzalez and I are fine.)

#BandPractice #Oakland #PGAndE #Substation #PlayMusic

activists arrested protesting the #eversource #substation

Call Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey now and demand that #eastboston get the protection we deserve from this reckless profit-motivated project

#EastBoston #bospoli #mapoli #NoEastieSubstation

We'll see if this pans out, but the cops are claiming the #substation attacks were more straightforwardly #burglary related rather than part of the pattern of white nationalist violence

> In 2016, [Jeremy Crahan, 40] pleaded guilty to possession of stolen property after he admitted helping to burglarize a Gig Harbor home, Pierce County court records show. In 2014, he pleaded guilty to five counts of identity theft after admitting to possessing bank cards and other financial information of five people. Crahan served a total of 54 months in prison, according to Tobby Hatley, a spokesperson for the state Department of Corrections. In a 2014 DOC intake form, Crahan wrote that he had a severe alcohol and methamphetamine problem.
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> Crahan also had several previous convictions in Pierce County for theft and attempting to elude, as well as a 2007 DUI conviction in Alaska, according to a criminal history filed as part of sentencing in his 2016 case.
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> The state Department of Corrections, in an email to The Seattle Times, said it had no records pertaining to [Matthew Greenwood, 32].

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/two-charged-in-pierce-county-christmas-day-substation-attacks/

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article270620242.html

#Tacoma #Puyallup #Spanaway

Federal prosecutors have charged two men in the Christmas Day #substation attacks in #PierceCounty that caused power outages and allegedly $3 million in damage.

Prosecutors say the men attacked two #Tacoma Power and two #PugetSound Energy substations

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/two-charged-in-pierce-county-christmas-day-substation-attacks/

Greenwood, in a statement to law enforcement after his arrest and being read Miranda rights, said he and Crahan had been planning to disrupt power to commit a #burglary, according to the complaint.

After the morning attacks, Greenwood said they went to a local business, drilled out a lock and entered to steal from a cash register, according to the complaint.

#Tacoma #PowerOutage #TPU #PSE

re: the recent #substation #attacks

local news kiro7

No, #autocorrect, the word is #SENSUAL. Not "#substation".

. . . Maybe I can use it as an exclamation, though? "Sensual substations! How #electrifying!"

(Good grief, there's already a substation hashtag . . . )

It's definitely concerning that right wing domestic terrorists have started attacking our own power supply.

#substation #attack #Washington

Wondering if anything will come of the investigations into the wave of #substation attacks.

#substation #pnw
https://apnews.com/article/vandalism-washington-tacoma-f0e29109331b2f7b6578d0822f109f58/gallery/8cb7ce7a94ef4aa9bfa45499a47273e8?s=09

Vandalism at three power substations in western #Washington early Sunday cut power to about 14,000 customers

Two of the break-ins were at Tacoma Public Utilities #TPU substations and the third was at a Puget Sound #Energy station #PSE

#Tacoma Public Utilities reported vandalism at about 5:30 a.m. at one #substation followed by vandalism at a second substation

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) also reported vandalism at about 2:30 a.m. causing a power #outage at one of its substations.

"There's a good possibility they are related, we are going to be investigating to see if this was coordinated by a specific group or people, but at this time all we know is that we have burglaries where the #power was purposefully knocked out"

#Graham #PierceCounty

https://www.mytpu.org/physical-attacks-on-our-substations/

- No public statement from PSE found on PSE website or social media - "The company is investigating, along with authorities, and declined to comment further"

Rocky Mountain [Utah] substations damaged; copper wire stolen

Rocky Mountain Power asked for the public's help reporting suspicious activity around its electrical substations after someone vandalized three stations in the Sandy area.

#powergrid #substation #vandalism

https://www.ksl.com/article/50540719/rocky-mountain-substations-damaged-copper-wire-stolen

Rocky Mountain [Utah] substations damaged; copper wire stolen

Rocky Mountain Power asked for the public's help reporting suspicious activity around its electrical substations after someone vandalized three stations in the Sandy area.

#powergrid #substation #vandalism

https://www.ksl.com/article/50540719/rocky-mountain-substations-damaged-copper-wire-stolen

#Locks #SubStation

fbi (annuel budget US$9,748,829,000 FY 2021) got flyers out now about the substation attack. soon theyll be putting up a youtube video asking for help like with the j6 pipe bomber.
a pdf from fbi dot gov

North Carolina substation attack raises security concerns for U.S. electric grid

#northcarolina #substation #attack
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/north-carolina-substation-attack-raises-security-concerns-us-electric-rcna60428

Restarting The Grid When The Grid Is Off The Grid https://hackaday.com/2022/12/06/restarting-the-grid-when-the-grid-is-off-the-grid/ #inductionmotor #gridsimulator #oscilloscope #HighVoltage #alternator #substation #powergrid #exciter

Restarting The Grid When The Grid Is Off The Grid - If you watch YouTube long enough, it seems like going “off the grid” is all the ra... - https://hackaday.com/2022/12/06/restarting-the-grid-when-the-grid-is-off-the-grid/ #inductionmotor #gridsimulator #oscilloscope #highvoltage #alternator #substation #powergrid #exciter