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Money Incentive to Help Curb Copper Theft
South Carolina’s electric cooperatives have formed a strategic partnership with CrimeStoppers by making more reward money available which, they hope, will help raise public awareness of the excessive expense and potential danger associated with copper theft from electric utilities.
