New Hampshire Copper Theft Leaves 3000 Without Power
New Hampshire Electric Cooperative copper theft led to a power outage for nearly 3,000 of its customers Tuesday 15th May.
In a statement, the utility says the vandalism caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage to a substation in Lincoln.
Workers had to shut off power to repair the damage. The outage lasted about an hour. Local police are now investigating the theft.
Responding to reports of voltage fluctuations in Lincoln, NHEC personnel discovered that copper ground wires had been cut and stolen from beneath the substation that provides electric service to members in Lincoln. In order to restore power safely to members, NHEC brought the substation offline at 7 p.m. and performed switching operations that restored power in stages to all affected members by 8:11 p.m.
A spokesman for the co-op reported copper has been stolen from that substation before, as recently as last fall. He would not speculate on any connection between the vandalism and the ongoing strike of the co-op’s union employees.
All 83 of the co-op’s line workers are on strike. They’ve been replaced by temporary private workers. The rest of the co-op’s 200 employees are still at work. A federal mediator is leading contract negotiations as the work stoppage stretches into its second week.
Content by nhec.com
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