Moore County

It's been a year since shooting attacks on two Moore County electrical substations left thousands of residents without power for days in freezing weather. Investigators have made no arrests, but the effects still reverberate in the county and across the power industry.

An energy subcommittee held a hearing Friday in response to the December Moore County substation attacks.

Duke Energy says it has begun improving security around its substations after the December attacks in Moore County and is looking for long-term solutions to a growing problem.

Federal energy regulators on Thursday ordered a study to determine if security standards need to be improved following recent attacks on electrical facilities, including one in North Carolina.

Duke Energy officials faced questions from state utility regulators in Raleigh on Monday about the Dec. 3 attack on two electrical substations in Moore County. Three Duke executives offered few new details and still aren't saying publicly what the attack might cost customers.

Duke Energy on Wednesday finished repairing and testing two electrical substations in Moore County that were damaged by gunfire Saturday. The attacks cut power to about 45,000 customers initially.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says he wants utilities to ramp up electric grid security following Saturday’s gunfire attack on two electrical substations in Moore County that knocked out power to about 45,000 customers.

Authorities say it's still too early to say who fired gunshots into a pair of Duke Energy substations in central North Carolina, or why. But experts say the attack is a warning sign of the electric grid's vulnerability to people with bad intentions.

Duke Energy says about 7,000 customers in Moore County got power back overnight after someone shot critical equipment at two substations over the weekend. But Duke spokesman Jeff Brooks said 38,000 customers were still without power Monday morning.

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