An incident in Oregon...wouldn't you know it(grin)
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Power Line Sabotaged in Oregon
The Associated Press-As reported in Washington Post
Friday, Dec. 31, 1999; 1:19 p.m. EST
BEND, Ore. A large tower holding a line that carries electricity from
the Pacific Northwest to California was toppled in an act of sabotage,
officials said today.
Bonneville Power Administration spokesman Perry Gruber said a
computer re-routed power less than one second after the high-voltage line
dropped at 8:53 p.m. Thursday.
No customers lost power.
"We've had towers collapse before, but never as the result of malicious
mischief like this," Gruber said.
David Szady, special agent in charge of the FBI's Portland office, said
there was "no evidence or intelligence that this was Y2K- or
millennial-related."
Gruber refused to say how the tower ? which he said is between 80 and
200 feet tall ? was taken down. The FBI said the tower was brought
down without the use of explosives, but declined to give further details.
Authorities had no suspects.
The BPA's transmission grid covers 300,000 square miles of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and western Montana.
The BPA's intertie system, including the line that was damaged, enables
Northwest utilities to buy and sell power from British Columbia to the
Mexican border. Other connections link it to the Missouri Valley grid.
¸ Copyright 1999 The Associated Press |
