Someone shot up a power substation in Thomasville area, North Carolina, Tuesday, according to the EnergyUnited Electric Membership Corporation. The equipment was damaged, but no one lost power, according to the company.

What You Need To Know

  • Someone shot up a power substation in Thomasville, North Carolina, Tuesday morning

  • No one lost power in the shooting, according to EnergyUnited, the electric cooperative that owns the substation

  • The shooting comes more than six weeks after an attack on two Duke Energy substations in Moore County

  • No arrests have been made in the Moore County attack

 

The shooting comes more than a month after gunfire damaged two Duke Energy substations in Moore County, more than 50 miles to the southeast from Thomasville. That shooting cut power to more than 35,000 homes and businesses for days before Duke could get the lights back on.

“EnergyUnited continually strives to deliver safe, reliable energy to its members,” said Steve McCachern, a vice president with EnergyUnited. “While we are glad that our members did not experience any service interruptions, we take this matter very seriously and are currently investigating the incident.” 

The company said an alarm went off early Tuesday at its Pleasant Hill substation in the Thomasville area, in Randolph County just southwest of High Point.

Crews went to the substation to check on the damage and found the gunshots to the equipment, the company said. The crew contacted police to report the shooting, according to EnergyUnited.

It's been more than six weeks since the Moore County substation attack. State investigators and the FBI joined in to help the investigation, but officials have not announced any arrests or other progress in the case.

The Moore County Sheriff's Office described the attack on the two substations as intentional. In the Moore County case, the sheriff and a Duke Energy representative said bullets were fired into part of the equipment that could disable the substation.

The Saturday night shootings cut power to about 45,000 customers in Moore County, about an hour southeast of Raleigh. Duke Energy was able to get the power back on for some customers, but more than 35,000 were without power for days while the company replaced the equipment.