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Yage 1 of 3 <br />Michael Thiry <br />From: Tim Bergh [Timbe@connexusenergy.com] <br />Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 12:11 PM <br />To: Mthiry@nsatel.net <br />Subject: FW: Article in the North Suburban Star and Tribune <br />From: Chuck Jensen <br />Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:23 AM <br />To: Leo Offerman; Merle Mettler; Brian Weidenfeller; Bruce Rosine; Dick Watson; Larry Nelson; Mac McMenamy; <br />Tim Bergh <br />Subject: FUV: Article in the North Suburban Star and Tribune <br />Saw you weren't copied -thought you wanted to stay up on this. <br />From: Leone Sweeney <br />Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 7:46 AM <br />To: Rick Newland; Tom Quiring; Matt Yseth; Pete Miller; Chuck Jensen <br />Subject: Article in the North Suburban Star and Tribune <br />Thieves turn copper into a few pennies <br />stlgt~ paces for copper ana otilcr scrap n~etais are iuehi~~ a rise i~l ti~e~s ri•c~m stlt~u~'c~ati ~~~a~rt. <br />S1LeS al]tl pU:,lllti 53If'T~,' I:~tZ~~TC:S. <br />Sarah Lemagie, Special to The Star Tribune <br />Lu.F~,ri t,i j~°~'c`3. iv. {v~~ui ~.i i ~i ~', ~~..~~.iv °_~ ~: ~~ . ~i ~ 6`~e~% <br />For electric utility employees throughout the suburbs, the scene has become all too familiar: Workers lay <br />cable in a trench leading to a new housing development, then leave it overnight. <br />When they return in the morning, the cable is gone -- ripped out of the ground by thieves who strip it <br />and sell the raw copper to scrap dealers for a fraction of its value. <br />Thefts have increased so much in recent months that electric utilities are tightening security to stop <br />criminals from taking wire from suburban storage facilities, construction sites and even live <br />transformers. <br />In the past eight months, 114,000-customer Connexus Energy, based in Ramsey, has reported five thefts, <br />most from new housing developments in north-metro towns such as Blaine and Ham Lake. <br />Dakota Electric Association, which serves 95,000 members, including many in south-of--the-river <br />communities, has had two break-ins since August, losing nearly $10,000 in copper wire from its main <br />facility in Farmington. <br />Utilities have been hit hard <br />3/27/2006 <br />