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GOFFS:<\/strong> Nova Scotia Power has a warning for anyone attempting to steal copper wire from its electrical equipment and substations \u2013 you are putting yourself and others at risk of severe injury or death by doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the last few months, there have been copper wire thefts from NS Power electrical equipment across the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In many cases, ground wire is being stolen, which is designed to protect workers and prevent equipment failures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”95″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”72″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Matt Drover, NS Power’s Senior Director of Transmission & Distribution Operations, says along with causing power outages, this type of theft creates great risk to both personnel and public safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLive wire can carry more than 25,000 volts of electricity so there is a very high risk of electrocution,\u201d says Drover. \u201cA charge from that wire would be life threatening or fatal for anyone in the vicinity and can cause significant damage to our equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRemoving the wire can also generate an unstable electrical current for nearby customers and create dangerous working conditions for our crews.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”169″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The company\u2019s Corporate Security department has been providing details of each theft to local authorities who have been investigating these cases. NS Power and the RCMP are asking anyone with information about these copper wire thefts to report it to their local RCMP or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A reward may be available to any individual who can provide Crime Stoppers with information on these thefts that lead to an arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suspicious activity can be reported anonymously by members of the public anytime through NS Power\u2019s website: www.nspower.ca\/customer-service\/report-suspicious-activity\/theft <\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”93″] [adrotate banner=”127″] GOFFS: Nova Scotia Power has a warning for anyone attempting to steal copper wire from its electrical equipment and substations \u2013 you are putting yourself and others at risk of severe injury or death by doing so. Over the last few months, there have been copper wire thefts from NS Power […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[4354,50,260,112],"class_list":["post-32084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-copper-wire-theft","tag-halifax","tag-n-s-power","tag-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}