"Neo-Nazi terrorists are targeting critical power stations with guns and explosives as they seek to hasten the end of American society, a US energy chief has told DailyMail.com.
The US has been hit by a rise in ballistic threats on its energy sector this year as saboteurs share information online on how to inflict maximum damage, according to Manny Cancel of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)."
"Smaller substations are the most common targets as they are less well protected, but fears are growing of a potentially cataclysmic fallout amid a growing number of plots against interstate power hubs and even nuclear reactors, Cancel said.
Physical attacks on the US power grid rose by 71 percent last year, according to data from the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC), of which Cancel is president and CEO.
E-ISAC is a division of NERC, which oversees grid security in the US, Canada and the northern portion of Baja California, Mexico.
Just last week, a former Marine pleaded guilty on a charge connected to a neo-Nazi plot to attack US energy infrastructure, hatched over three years at a military camp in North Carolina.
Liam Collins, 24, was accused of stealing military gear and delivering them to co-conspirators who planned to use them for assaults on power stations.
His conviction comes after a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) threat assessment published last month warned that domestic terrorists have 'increasingly called for physical attacks on critical infrastructure this year' in the belief that they 'would have cascading impacts on US industries and the American way of life'."
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