According to an Electrical Safety Foundation International baseline survey about copper theft in the United States, utilities annually see more than $60 million in losses and 450,000 minutes of outage ...
Oncor is in an ongoing battle to protect its property. Copper wire thefts occur almost daily from Oncor substations, particularly in urban areas. The Dallas, Texas-based utility understands the only ...
WELL, A SURGE IN COPPER WIRE THEFTS IS TURNING NEIGHBORHOODS INTO CRIME SCENES. GOOD EVENING. I’M BRYA BERRY AND I’M LARA MORITZ. AT&T IS OFFERING A $20,000 REWARD FOR HELP IN FINDING THESE SUSPECTS.
The massive explosion that sent flames shooting two stories high and injured at least four people on the campus of the University of California–Berkeley on Monday evening can likely be traced to the ...
The unstable economy is causing people to take some drastic actions. And some incredibly dangerous ones as well. None more so than snipping the copper grounding wires off utility poles. The grounding ...
PHOENIX — We’re learning about high-tech sensors that ADOT is deploying on various Valley freeway light posts to catch copper ...
COLUMBIA — Pieces of essential grounding wire were reported stolen Tuesday from at least 230 city utility poles in central and northern Columbia, according to a report from the Columbia Police ...