Here is the link to the annual summaries for the OE-417 reports.

https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/OE417_annual_summary.aspx

The report for this year is only complete through August. If I filter for Physical attack, physical attack/vandalism, sabotage, suspicious activity and vandalism: I get 104 records. Close to the number of “attacks” quoted in the press. But when I filter 2022 for sabotage, I get 1 record. Flat out sabotage used to be as rare as a hen’s teeth’s.

^^^Interesting information, thanks for posting. I of course, downloaded the 2022 report and sorted the data multiple ways to get a better understanding of where these instances are happening, and what's been going on in 'District 12' here. As you're knowledgeable in this area, any insight you can share as to whether the events have historically been occurring at a fairly consistent frequency, or whether there's been any significant uptick in frequency of these occurrences, and when that trend started?

Also interesting, is that in 2022, the US DOE/.gov is STILL compiling these reports in MS Office 2003 .xls format, though why am I NOT surprised...

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^^^ any insight you can share as to whether the events have historically been occurring at a fairly consistent frequency, or whether there's been any significant uptick in frequency of these occurrences, and when that trend started?

What I know from personal experience is that sabotage is an incredibly rare occurrence. Vandalism and equipment damage unfortunately happens frequently. I think that the fact the media keeps referring to a sabotage attack that happened in 2013 (metcalf) shows that sabotage is very rare. From looking through this annual summaries, that theme is reinforced. I looked at 2013-2021. In the last 5 previous years there are 2 reports on a nationwide basis. Going back to 2013 there are 2 standout years 2015/2016. There are 28 incidents reported in those 2 years (vice 7 total for the other 7 years) Interestingly the incidents of vandalism for those 2 years is not high. Those 2 years have the lowest # of vandalism and equipment damage of the 9 years I looked at.

This report has changed over the years, so it can be hard to do an apples to apples comparison.

Remember the saying...

Figures never lie,
but liars figure....

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Washington state electrical stations vandalized, cutting power

BY OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN - 12/26/22 10:21 AM ET

Washington state authorities said several electrical power stations were vandalized over the holiday weekend, with officials investigating whether they were part of a “coordinated attack.”

In a news release, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD) said its deputies were notified in the early morning of three reported burglaries on Sunday at two Tacoma Public Utilities substations and at a Puget Sound Energy (PSE) facility.

Authorities added that all three energy facilities were broken into and some of the substations’ equipment was either vandalized or damaged during the incident.

PCSD said at least 14,000 customers saw their power cut off due to the incident. Authorities added it’s unknown if the attack on the substations were “coordinated.”

“At this time deputies are conducting the initial investigation. We do not have any suspects in custody,” PCSD said in its news release. “It is unknown if there are any motives or if this was a coordinated attack on the power systems.”

The sheriff’s department also said that its deputies received a call about a fire happening at another PSE substation. The fire erupted after intruders gained access through the fenced area and vandalized the station’s equipment.

PSE employees and local firefighters reported to the scene to extinguish the fire and restore power to residential homes in the area.

“This is the 4th incident at a Power Substation in South Pierce County on Christmas Day. All law enforcement agencies in the county have been notified of the incidents and will be monitoring power substations in their area,” PCSD said in a statement. “At this time power has been restored to most of the affected homes.”

A similar attack happened at two energy substations in Moore County, N.C., last month, resulting in nearly 40,000 local residents losing power for days, with authorities reporting that the damages to the two Duke ​​Energy substations were caused by gunfire. The FBI has already launched a probe into that case.

Updated: 6:21 p.m.

Is it time to secure power substations and other vulnerable transmission facilities like we do nuclear plants? With well trained and armed security? Yeah, expensive, but actually a legit national security concern which my tax dollars perhaps should be spent on...

-Rob

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Is it time to secure power substations and other vulnerable transmission facilities like we do nuclear plants? With well trained and armed security? Yeah, expensive, but actually a legit national security concern which my tax dollars perhaps should be spent on...

-Rob

This scares me. Considering the mismanagement of security I see by over regulated federal morons and witless micromanagers in the private industry. Doing security in the electric system I have learned corporate America has no interest in actually stopping anything. They can't stop simple petty theft. The fact that the power companies are doing interviews with the press and revealing how insecure these sites are on the news for all to see is insanity. Even Dominos pizza wont report if a driver gets ripped off of more than $20. Yet our power companies will issue statements detailing the losses and values for every junkie with wire cutters so they can head to the nearest substation to loot or their next heroin fix or big payday.

One of our local substations was recently hit and looted for $50k in copper and damages. The press was told everything of value that was stolen and they reported it to every would be thief in the west. They also reported that the substation has no cameras and no other security other than a chain link fence like most of our substations.

In the above mentioned substation theft my leftist corporate overlords believe it is right wing groups who committed the crime. Well if that is true these right wingers have detailed maps of the substations and knew exactly where to dig up the large copper cables that were stolen and they did so without getting electrocuted. Amazingly it was under a foot and a half of snow. When I suggested the theft was an employee theft they stuck to their guns and are happy to run with the right wing narrative.

I promise you the operational security is way worse than we and the powers that be are all thinking. We can't even stop petty theft better yet trained and motivated teams of right wing paramilitary groups.

They will add more cameras, thermal, night vision and dump the responsibility on the same three or four people who are already monitoring 400 other cameras in four different states and we will call that a success.

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In the above mentioned substation theft my leftist corporate overlords believe it is right wing groups who committed the crime. Well if that is true these right wingers have detailed maps of the substations and knew exactly where to dig up the large copper cables that were stolen and they did so without getting electrocuted. Amazingly it was under a foot and a half of snow. When I suggested the theft was an employee theft they stuck to their guns and are happy to run with the right wing narrative.

Maybe it's cybernetic organisms from the Future.

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Originally posted by egregore:
Actually, such attacks have "watermelon" written all over them.

What does this mean?

Not to speak for egregore, but the term "watermelon" is often used to describe the environmentalists/ global warming believers that supposedly act out of concern for the planet ("green" on the outside), but at the core of their ideology they are Communist/ Marxist/ Socialists ("red" on the inside).

I'm not sure which pundit coined the term first, but I've heard it used for maybe 15 years or more.

I have heard that term used as well regarding the enviro-terrorists. I think it was used during the attack on car dealerships when they were destroying gas-guzzler trucks and maybe hummers, I if I'm not mistaken.

So an update on the Christmas Eve incidents around Tacoma.

https://www.zerohedge.com/ener...ashington-power-grid

Looks like they utilized the cell phone tracking technique highlighted in a recent documentary. Seems to have worked as advertised. These 2 idiots hit 4 different stations to turn off power to one business.

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
Is it time to secure power substations and other vulnerable transmission facilities like we do nuclear plants? With well trained and armed security? Yeah, expensive, but actually a legit national security concern which my tax dollars perhaps should be spent on...

-Rob

How will you secure the many thousands of miles of railroad tracks? Same area, Watcom county Washington, saw 41 "terrorist" attacks to attempt to derail trains. Likely succeeded a couple of times. https://www.rtands.com/rail-ne...state-of-washington/

These 2 were caught red handed with video backup and were given the shockingly severe sentence of 6 months each for "terroism". Interesting because a derailment could easily kill people, and attempted murder wasn't even considered. Perhaps because they were of the correct political persuasion.

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Originally posted by jimb888:

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
Is it time to secure power substations and other vulnerable transmission facilities like we do nuclear plants? With well trained and armed security? Yeah, expensive, but actually a legit national security concern which my tax dollars perhaps should be spent on...

-Rob

How will you secure the many thousands of miles of railroad tracks? Same area, Watcom county Washington, saw 41 "terrorist" attacks to attempt to derail trains. Likely succeeded a couple of times. https://www.rtands.com/rail-ne...state-of-washington/

These 2 were caught red handed with video backup and were given the shockingly severe sentence of 6 months each for "terroism". Interesting because a derailment could easily kill people, and attempted murder wasn't even considered. Perhaps because they were of the correct political persuasion.

If we had the political will, we could do it. As you mentioned, we don’t.

In a perfect world, we could put up a double fence. The outer fence would be as they are now. The inner fence would be ungrounded, with a 7,500v tap from the substation. A fantasy, but I can dream. Maybe I’m just nostalgic for my grandparent’s bug zapper on a summer evening.

Seriously, though, the perimeter of a substation could have a 10 foot concrete wall. That would prevent any gunfire damage. I don’t know what could be done about protecting transformers and insulators on the poles. Maybe just very stiff penalties. Certainly more than six months.

Protecting transmission lines and substations would be problematic. The many thousands of miles of lines, most in remote areas would be almost impossible to protect. Transmission level voltage equipment can be the size of a house. So you would need walls 20 feet high. And gates to match, because you eventually need to repair or replace said equipment. Certainly doable, it woulD just be expensive and make maintenance and repair more difficult. Many lower voltage substations are housed in buildings. But shooting electrical equipment is not the most effective way to disable them.

Don’t worry guys. They have Top Men working on it. You see…it’s nazis.


https://myfox8.com/news/invest...er-substation-plots/



North Carolina men among several charged in various neo-Nazi plots against power substations in 2020, 2021
by: Emily Mikkelsen
Posted: Dec 30, 2022 / 10:16 AM EST
Updated: Jan 4, 2023 / 05:45 AM EST
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HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — At least two groups of men with neo-Nazi ties have been charged or convicted in connection to plans to attack power substations, and some of those men have ties to North Carolina.

The plots were uncovered in 2020 and 2021, and covered numerous states.

Three men pleaded guilty to a 2021 plot in February of 2022, and several men indicted by the Eastern District of North Carolina in a 2020 plot are awaiting trial. Both of these cases involved groups planning attacks on substations in different states, primarily using high-powered automatic weapons.

Other than shared white supremacist ideology, it does not seem that the cases are directly connected. The planning in both of them also shares similarities with the attack in Moore County, although no group has taken responsibility for the shooting of the two substations in early December.

‘The power is out in Moore County and I know why’; Uncertainty spreads on social media after Moore County attack
United States of America V. Collins, Kryscuk, Duncan, Maurino

In October of 2020, Liam Collins, Paul Kryscuk and Jordan Duncan were charged with conspiracy to unlawfully manufacture, possess and distribute various weapons and weapon accessories. At the time of their arrest, the three men lived in Boise, Idaho. All of the charges came from the Eastern District of North Carolina. Collins and Duncan were both Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune. Collins was originally from New Jersey, while Duncan was from North Carolina.

In November 2020, Justin Wade Hermanson, a North Carolina man who was in the same Marine unit as Collins at Camp Lejeune, was charged with one count of conspiracy to manufacture firearms and ship interstate. After two superseding indictments, he pleaded guilty on March 8, 2022.


In June of 2021, Joseph Maurino, a New Jersey National Guardsman, was also indicted, accused of supplying untraceable guns to the other men.

In August 2021, Kryscuk, Collins, Duncan and Maurino received a third superseding indictment. They were charged with conspiracy to damage property of a United States energy facility.

The indictment alleges that the four men researched and discussed at length a previous attack on power infrastructure by an unknown group, using assault-style rifles. The indictment alleges that for three years, between 2017 and 2020, Kryscuk manufactured guns and Collins, stationed at Camp Lejeune at the time, stole military gear and had them delivered to the other men. Duncan gathered “a library of information,” some military owned, about weapons, toxins and explosives.

The indictment goes into detail about how Collins and Kryscuk met on “Iron March,” a now-defunct forum for neo-Nazis to organize and recruit. They moved to encrypted messaging to talk outside of the forum, recruiting the other three accused men.


Video footage obtained show the men shooting guns, wearing AtomWaffen style-masks while giving Nazi salutes. The phrase “come home white man” is seen in the video.

Supposedly, Collins and Duncan moved from North Carolina and Texas respectively to Boise where Kryscuk relocated in 2020 in order to be closer to him.

The most recent document filed in the case against the men was a continuance, granted in early December of 2022.

Duke Energy says ‘no decisions’ yet on how company will handle costs from Moore County substation attack
United States v. Cook, Frost, Sawall

In February of 2022, three men pleaded guilty to a plot to attack power substations in multiple states.


Court documents indicate that Christopher Cook, Jonathan Frost, and Jackson Sawall pleaded guilty to a count of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.

“These three defendants admitted to engaging in a disturbing plot, in furtherance of white supremacist ideology, to attack energy facilities in order to damage the economy and stoke division in our country,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen.

“These defendants conspired to use violence to sow hate, create chaos, and endanger the safety of the American people,” said U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker for the Southern District of Ohio.

“The defendants in this case wanted to attack regional power substations and expected the damage would lead to economic distress and civil unrest,” said Assistant Director Timothy Langan of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. “These individuals wanted to carry out such a plot because of their adherence to racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist views. When individuals move from espousing particular views to planning or committing acts of violence the FBI will investigate and take action to stop their plans. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to protect our communities.”


Frost and Cook met in 2019 in an online chat group. They then began recruiting people to join in their plan of attacking power infrastructure, circulating neo-Nazi books. Sawall, a friend of Cook’s, joined them in their planning.

Each of them was “assigned” a substation in different parts of the country, and they would attack those electrical substations or power grids with high-powered rifles. They discussed how this would cause enough unrest in the country incite some sort of race war or financial collapse.

Frost gave Cook and Sawall “suicide necklaces” when they met up in Columbus, Ohio. These had fentanyl in then, documents say. The men expressed a “commitment to dying in furtherance of their mission.”

While in Columbus, they graffitied a bridge at an area park with a swastika and the words “Join the Front.” Sawall took his “suicide pill” during a traffic stop and “derailed” their plans for additional vandalism and propaganda in the area.


When will people stop laughing at QAnon?
The three have a hearing on Jan. 4, 2023 “for the purpose of providing the government and defense counsel the opportunity to present evidence and argument which would assist the court in determining the magnitude of the risk this conspiracy posed to the national power grid.”

Unsealed court documents show that in the first week of December, an emergency bond revocation was filed for Cook and Sawall, and a warrant was issued for Cook to be taken back into custody. Electronics were seized from Cook on Dec. 5.

Moore County

On Dec. 3, two Duke Energy substations were attacked with high-powered rifles by unknown suspects. No group or ideology has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Moore County Sheriff’s Office says they’ve received numerous tips as they continue to investigate.

Two neo-Nazi banners have been put up on overpasses on US 1 in Moore County, one in the Vass area and the other in Cameron. The first was put up in the morning before Hannukah was set to start, and the second on Christmas.



The first banner included the language “bring it all down.” The Telegram channel for this neo-Nazi group, National Socialist Resistant Front, includes graphics with the same language imposed over a graphic of a power substation.

The second used the phrase “a touch of death” which doesn’t seem to have any specific Nazi ties and is the title of a pulp noir novel.

The sheriff’s office says they don’t have any indication that these incidents are connected to the power substations.

Raw Story reports, however, that documents that contained instructions on the destruction of power substations had been circulating in neo-Nazi social media spaces in the days before the Moore County attack.


Nazi banner not only antisemitic act across North Carolina in lead up to Hannukah
“Don’t you think it’s funny that three substations got attacked after the gardens pdf was posted here a few days ago?” someone asked.

‘The Garden’ is a document that includes an analysis of a 2013 “Metcalf attack,” where a California substation was shot and damaged, which cost millions and no suspects have been arrested for.

There had been an act of vandalism on a power substation in eastern North Carolina just three weeks before the attack in Moore County, when Cartaret-Craven Electrical Cooperative equipment was intentionally damaged near Maysville, leaving 12,000 customers without power for a few hours.

TIMELINE: Stokesdale man said he’s ‘ready to shoot’ FBI agents in conspiracy-filled TikTok videos, court documents allege
Concerning social media posts and the timing of the attack coinciding with a contested drag event in Southern Pines has put the local LGBTQ+ community on edge and left the broader community uncertain while investigators work.

In late November, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a report warning the country that there was a heightened risk of domestic terrorism, particularly against the LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities. The warning came in the wake of threats against synagogues in New York and the mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs.

David Schanzer, the director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke University, said, “We just don’t know exactly who the perpetrators are or what their motives are. But, once we do, the label of domestic terrorism could certainly be applied here, but it just depends.”

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Don’t worry guys. They have Top Men working on it. You see…it’s nazis.

I knew it. Those damn Trump supporting nazis bastards!

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Originally posted by Nuclear:
Protecting transmission lines and substations would be problematic. The many thousands of miles of lines, most in remote areas would be almost impossible to protect. Transmission level voltage equipment can be the size of a house. So you would need walls 20 feet high. And gates to match, because you eventually need to repair or replace said equipment. Certainly doable, it woulD just be expensive and make maintenance and repair more difficult. Many lower voltage substations are housed in buildings. But shooting electrical equipment is not the most effective way to disable them.

It would be much easier and cheaper to build 20' tall walls before damage, than repair the damage, build walls after the damage, and have locations w/o power for weeks.

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Originally posted by Jupiter:

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Originally posted by scot818:
Don’t worry guys. They have Top Men working on it. You see…it’s nazis.

I knew it. Those damn Trump supporting nazis bastards!

No. I'm certain that they are Ukrainians. Those Nazi bastards!