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Thousands of Duke Energy customers have gone over 24 hours without power. Durham County is opening an emergency shelter tonight.

It's been a year since shooting attacks on two Moore County electrical substations left thousands of residents without power for days in freezing weather. Investigators have made no arrests, but the effects still reverberate in the county and across the power industry.

EnergyUnited says that an alarm early Tuesday alerted it to an equipment problem at the substation in Randolph County, north of Charlotte. It said that crews found damage to the substation from an apparent gunshot.

The Moore County Sheriff's Office has applied for several warrants related to the attacks that cut power for most county residents.

Duke Energy said it found no sign of property damage at a hydropower station in South Carolina where gunfire was reported nearby.

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