The great energy heist

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dan_b
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The great energy heist

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Tackling energy theft - an interesting read

"Energy is increasingly being stolen by organised criminal gangs to power marijuana farms or the servers behind illegal bitcoin mining,"

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... ergy-heist
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I know a guy who works for our local DNO. He goes to all the "grows" that have been raided by the police and makes-safe the electrical-supply. He reports that often the illegal grid connections are done to a very high standard. As in, you cannot possibly do that good an underground connection without a couple of decades on the tools...
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