it was facing out, not at the substation.
Why are you defending brain-dead morons attacking our electrical grid security??
It makes no logical sense!
Look at the 8 minute mark and next 30 seconds. It isn’t facing out at all. If it were, the ladder would be directly under the camera. It isn’t. Actually looks positioned to look down the fence line.
Electrical substation surveillance isn't my forte, but I do know how to use Google ("Substation surveillance cameras") and I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. And I do know a thing or two about cameras.
The cameras (there were two at each station, 6 miles from the refuge) were Canon VB H43 pan/tilt/zoom day/night etc cameras. They retail starting at $2,285 apiece. Canon VB H43. They look completely different from the other cameras I Googled that are shown on pages describing surveillance camera systems for substations, and the housing they were in was completely different as well.
One would think the power company could install $700 PTZ Dome cameras and still be in compliance, but what do I know about how power companies spend their federally-mandated dollars. Like I said...not my forte. But if they are installing $10,000 worth of camera equipment to point at the road instead of the substation, to protect a power station serving maybe 6 farmhouses still remaining in this remote area 150 miles from the nearest "metropolitan" center (if "metropolitan" describes Bend, Oregon), well then... No wonder the power bill is so damn high.