PORTLAND—A Centralia, Washington, man pleaded guilty yesterday to damaging a Portland area energy facility.

Nathaniel Cheney, 31, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of damaging an energy facility.

According to court documents, on November 28, 2022, Cheney and others caused $26,000 of damage to the Sunnyside substation in Clackamas, Oregon, operated by Portland General Electric (PGE), by damaging the control equipment necessary for the operation of the substation.

Cheney and at least one accomplice accessed the site by cutting through a perimeter fence. They then deliberately damaged control equipment essential for the substation’s operation, including circuit breakers and monitoring systems, using tools to smash components. Zachary Rosenthal, 33, of Tacoma, Washington was identified

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