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On April 16, 2013, an attack was carried out on Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Metcalf transmission substation in Coyote, California, near the border of San Jose.The attack, in which gunmen fired on 17 electrical transformers, resulted in more than $15 million worth of equipment damage, but it had little impact on the station's electrical power supply.
The same line then heads into the Metcalf substation near San Jose and the Metcalf Energy Center. Leaving Metcalf substation, the line crosses the southern Santa Cruz Mountains with a 230 kV line and enters the large Moss Landing Power Plant substation in Moss Landing. The same line then heads east to rejoin the parallel PG&E lines at the Los ...
View of plants thermal condenser towers from Coyote Creek Trail, September 22, 2012 Aerial view of Metcalf Energy Center and Metcalf Substation (and RV storage lot). The Metcalf Energy Center is a 605 megawatt combined cycle power plant located in Silicon Valley, located in unincorporated Coyote Valley, south of San Jose, California and north of Morgan Hill, California.
Utilities have been on alert for sniper attacks on substations at least since 2013.
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Metcalf sniper attack CCTV footage (Attacks begin at around 1:54) Location Coyote, California, U.S. Date April 16, 2013 (2013-04-16) 12:58 – 1:50 a.m. (PDT) Target PG&E Metcalf substation Attack type Sabotage Weapons 7.62×39mm rifles On April 16, 2013, an attack was carried out on Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Metcalf transmission substation in Coyote, California, near the border of ...
A UNC Charlotte energy expert, and a state Banking Commission official, weighed in on the aftermath of the attack on the two substations.
PGE_Metcalf_Substation_Surveillance_Video,_April_2013.webm (WebM audio/video file, VP8/Vorbis, length 4 min 0 s, 528 × 360 pixels, 452 kbps overall, file size: 12.93 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons .