Coops Can Use GPS Technology to Fight Copper Theft
Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative recently used a global positioning device to fight copper theft. Deputies in Pasco County, Florida used a global positioning device to find a roll of copper that was stolen from the coop’s substation. Deputies tracked the culprits to a nearby home using a $420 GPS unit that was hidden in the $320 copper roll. The St. Petersburg Times has more.