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The Dec. 3 shootings put Moore County in the dark for days. State Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore said on Tuesday that ways to better safeguard infrastructure for generating electricity, producing clean water and other services would soon get the attention of colleagues.

The shootings at a Moore County substation had cut power to 45,000 customers, as well as schools, businesses and a hospital.

As shootings at two electrical substations cut power to thousands of central North Carolina homes last weekend, they also sparked widespread speculation that the days-long blackout might be the latest of several attempts to shut down a local drag show meant to celebrate the LGBTQ community in rural Moore County.

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

Duke Energy completed repairs Wednesday on electric substation equipment damaged in shootings over the weekend in central North Carolina.

About 35,000 Duke Energy and Randolph Electric customers remain without power as of Tuesday evening.

Tens of thousands of people are bracing for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent.

Cooper and officials delivered an update on the shooting at substations in Moore County. Approximately 32,000 Duke Energy customers remain without power Monday afternoon.

Across Moore County southwest of Raleigh on Monday, businesses handed out free food or coffee and businesses without internet conducted transactions in cash.

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