Activists oppose Duke Energy sale to SC co-ops
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - A North Carolina utility watchdog group wants regulators to reject a deal allowing Duke Energy to sell power to South Carolina electrical co-ops.
The North Carolina Waste Awareness & Reduction Network filed its objection with the state Utilities Commission. The group said Charlotte-based Duke Energy would sell electricity resulting either from energy efficiency programs or construction of new power plants financed by ratepayers.
Company spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said it needs to modernize power plants and prepare for growing demand.
Duke Energy announced it would supply the electrical cooperatives just days after South Carolina's state-owned utility dropped plans for a $1.25 billion coal-fired power in August. The co-ops were served by Santee Cooper.
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Kaspersky Lab Discovers Russian Hacker Infrastructure
NEW YORK - A hacker collective known for attacking industrial companies around the world have had some of their infrastructure identified by Russian security specialists.
Kaspersky Lab said that it has discovered a number of servers compromised by the group, belonging to different organisations based in Russia, the US, and Turkey, as well as European countries.
The Russian-speaking hackers, known as Crouching Yeti or Energetic Bear, mostly focus on energy facilities, for the main purpose of stealing valuable data from victim systems.
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Crouching Yeti is described as an advanced persistent threat (APT) group that Kaspersky Lab has been tracking since 2010.
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