Restoring power in after shootings could take until Thursday.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Crews are making progress on restoring power to a county where one or more vandals shot up substations, but the repairs won’t be complete until later in the week, Duke Energy said Tuesday.
The power company said in a message to customers posted on its website that it is on track to restore power throughout Moore County by Thursday morning, in line with previous estimates. “Our technicians continue to work in 24-hour shifts and remain on schedule to bring service back on by early Thursday,” the statement said.
Nearly 36,000 customers were without power in the county, down from a peak of around 45,000, according toTwo power substations in a North Carolina county were damaged by gunfire in what is being investigated as a criminal act.
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