Copper theft has risen to crisis levels. Here's what Kentucky is doing about it. | Opinion
Kentucky legislators just passed one of the country's strongest laws designed to stop copper thieves. Congress and other ...
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Kentucky lawmaker introduces new bill to combat copper theft
The growing problem has led to 911 outages, power failures, and millions in repair costs statewide. “Copper theft is ... rip down utility lines, they don’t just steal metal; they cut off ...
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NPA drafting bill as metal thefts surge alongside price of copper
More than half of all metal theft cases involve cables, with copper accounting for more than 50 percent of the stolen materials by type. Solar power facilities targeted by thieves often face ...
Copper wire theft suspected as cause of Philadelphia power outage, police say
A man is in critical condition after he was shocked while trying to steal copper wire from a PECO transformer box, police say.
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WLKY Investigates: Kentucky bill looks to strengthen criminal penalties against copper wire theft
Copper wire theft continues to be a troubling trend across Kentucky. In Louisville, LMPD responded to more than 300 reports in 2024 for metal theft ... public utilities and power infrastructure ...
As Minnesota spends millions on copper theft, recyclers crack the ‘Whac-A-Mole’ code in Texas
So they started the metal theft ... the repeated theft of copper from lights last year, but some residents with landline ...
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Pair arrested on felony charges in Cass copper thefts
It didn't take authorities long to dash a pair's alleged dream of turning copper into gold. Deputies were called Thursday about copper wiring being stolen from a rural Cass County site. Within a few ...