Tag: substation

Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Gunfire: What Facilities Leaders Need to Know

By Timothy English, Acoem Feb 4, 2026 Emergency Preparedness

Updated: Feb 4, 2026

Electric utilities, water authorities, and energy providers operate some of the most critical infrastructure in the country. Substations, pumping stations, and transmission facilities are designed for reliability and efficiency, not for absorbing hostile fire. Yet over the past several years, gunshot attacks against these sites have increased, exposing a security gap that many facilities teams […]

Feds Arrest Pair for ‘Hate-Fueled’ Plot to Attack Energy Facilities

By Joe Bebon, Editor Feb 6, 2023 Emergency Preparedness

Updated: Feb 6, 2023

Federal prosecutors have charged a Florida man and Maryland woman with conspiracy to destroy an energy facility. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges that the defendants—Brandon Clint Russell, reportedly a neo-Nazi leader, and Sarah Beth Clendaniel—planned racially motivated attacks on multiple electrical substations in an effort to “completely destroy” the city of Baltimore. The […]