Pre-scheduled power outages on campus Tuesday morning went on for a little longer than planned.
University Facilities Services sent an e-mail to faculty and staff notifying them of a scheduled power outage between 7:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. yesterday morning. The outages were intended to investigate what caused power problems that some campus buildings experienced Monday morning. Engineers could not fix the problem, and lights and electricity continued to flicker on and off in many buildings all day yesterday.
University spokesperson Julie Brown said the buildings affected, including the residence halls, the EMU and Oregon Hall, were hooked up to a backup generator after the power went out on Monday morning.
“This morning,” Brown said Tuesday, “we attempted to kind of reset the electrical system, and we’ve continued to have some problems.”
As of press time, electrical problems had not yet been resolved, according to a Facilities Services hotline. The problems, the hotline explained, were related to the University’s “new switchgear housing and its computer control systems,” and “design engineers (were) on site” investigating the problem.
The hotline “recommends people do not initiate experiments or connect electrically delicate gear” until problems are resolved.
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