Image: Workers repair damage after an attack on a power station in North Carolina in December 2022.

BBC News: How the US power grid is a target for far-right groups.

Kathleen Belew: Why these multiple power station attacks are concerning to domestic terrorism experts: There is a long, long history of white power attacks on infrastructure targets. (Twitter thread.)

CNN: Investigators are zeroing in on two possible motives centered around extremist behavior in NC power stations attacks.

Amy Forliti: FBI Says White Supremacists Plotted Attack on U.S. Power Grid.

Agence France-Presse: Fears of Extremist Campaign After Attack on US Power Station.

Ben Makuch: Neo-Nazis Wanted to Attack US Power Grid. Instead They’re Going to Prison. The pair had hoped to cripple the American power grid and set off chaos and unrest.

Tess Owen:

• Neo-Nazi Couple Arrested for Alleged Plot to Attack Power Grid and ‘Destroy Whole City’. Brandon Russell, leader of neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, and his prison-girlfriend allegedly plotted to attack five Baltimore-area energy stations.
• What We Know—and Don’t Know—About Recent Power Grid Attacks. Two power substations in North Carolina were shot up last weekend. At least five similar attacks have been reported since late November.
• Software Engineer Who Allegedly Blew Up Power Station Had Even More Bombs at Home: Peter Karasev, 36, was arrested last week after allegedly blowing up two transformers in the San Francisco Bay Area, knocking out power for thousands.

PBS News: FBI foils extremist plot to bring down Baltimore’s electrical grid.

Dennis Romero & Antonio Planas: Four substations attacked in Washington state, leaving thousands without power.

Vice News: Lights Out: Attacks on the Grid.

The Washington Post: Duo accused of neo-Nazi plot to target Maryland power stations: Atomwaffen founder Brandon Russell and Sarah Clendaniel allegedly sought to attack substations around Baltimore.

West Point: Combatting Terrorism Center: The Targeting of Infrastructure by America’s Violent Far-Right.

Conrad Wilson: String of electrical grid attacks in Pacific Northwest is unsolved.