Man planned to use drone to attack substation
A Tennessee man had planned to use a drone carrying an explosive to destroy a Nashville substation.
Blackout hits southern Vietnam
A drone that a local resident used to spray pesticides crashed into a 110 kV power transmission line in Long An Province in southern Vietnam.
Attack on substation leaves Russian settlements without power
Unknown unmanned aerial vehicles attacked a substation, leaving residents of 67 settlements without electricity.
Drone crashes on nuclear plant site posing security threat
South Africa: South African state-owned power utility, Eskom, has reported a drone crashed on the Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant site in contravention of the nuclear safety regulations and was returned to its owner without the investigation having been completed.
FPL enhances transformer damage surveillance after storms
USA, Florida: Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) has introduced drone technology which will help the company survey damage to electrical equipment, including transformers, after storms or hurricanes, and the mobile command centre which can go into heavily damaged areas.