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Summary:  Pacific Power & Light will be updating portions of the power grid on the OSU Corvallis campus over the coming weeks, necessitating some weekend power shutdowns to a number of buildings on campus. The replacement of these older, lesser load switches is part of a plan to provider greater power system stability on campus.

Pacific Power & Light will be updating portions of the power grid on the OSU Corvallis campus over the coming weeks, necessitating some weekend power shutdowns to a number of buildings on campus. The replacement of these older, lesser load switches is part of a plan to provider greater power system stability on campus.

A number of incidents over the last several years on campus, including an electrical fire in steam tunnels underneath campus, and a power outage which prevented alarms from going off during the recent flooding of the Linus Pauling Science Center, have demonstrated the need to provide upgrades to the electrical system. These updates will require power shutdowns on a number of separate occasions, listed below:

PP&L, our Electrical Utility provider, is scheduling an all-day electrical shutdown, to replace 1-4kv oil switch for Nash Hall, this Sunday,  June 23rd. The PP&L crews will have their trucks and equipment staged along Campus Way, between 26th and 30th. The work will take place in the Campus Utility Tunnel.

Proposed schedule for the June 23th Electrical Shutdown.

The following buildings will be without power from approximately 9am-7pm.

• Withycombe

These buildings will have the power shut off at 9am and re-energized at approximately 10am. Then de-energized at 6pm and re-energized at approximately 7pm.

• Nash
• Gilmore
• Ballard Extension
• Women’s Building

Your contacts for questions and concerns regarding this shutdown are Stuart Larson (stuart.larson@oregonstate.edu) and Scott Drahn (scott.drahn@oregonstate.edu) .  You can also contact the Campus Operations Work Coordination Center (541) 737-2969.

Alert Category:  Facilities and Infrastructure Expiration Date:  Wed, 06/19/2013 - 9:38am Active:  Active

Summary:  Due to a priority change within Pacific Power & Light (PacifiCorp), there has been a last-minute change to the scheduled power shutdowns scheduled for June 16th to update portions of the power grid on the OSU Corvallis campus. The following buildings WILL NOT have power shutdown on June 16th:

Due to a priority change within Pacific Power & Light (PacifiCorp), there has been a last-minute change to the scheduled power shutdowns scheduled for June 16th to update portions of the power grid on the OSU Corvallis campus.

The following buildings WILL NOT have power shutdown on June 16th:

• Withycombe
• Nash
• Gilmore
• Ballard Extension
• Women’s Building

The following buildings remain on schedule and will have power shutdowns as follows:

For the June 16th shutdown, these buildings will be without power from 8AM – 6PM:

• McNary
• Wilson
• Callahan

For the June 16th shutdown, these buildings will have the power shut off at 8AM and re-energized at approximately 10AM. Then de-energized at 5PM and re-energized at approximately 6PM:

• Snell
• McAlexander Fieldhouse
• Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center
• Pharmacy
• Women’s Center
• Furman Hall (Education Hall)
• Kerr Admin 

Your contacts for questions and concerns regarding this shutdown are Stuart Larson (stuart.larson@oregonstate.edu) and Scott Drahn (scott.drahn@oregonstate.edu).  You can also contact the Campus Operations Work Coordination Center (541) 737-2969.

We apologize for any inconvenience this will cause, and we are working with PPL to prevent this type of late re-scheduling from happening in the future.

Alert Category:  Weather Expiration Date:  Sat, 06/15/2013 - 10:53am Active:  Active

Summary:  Facilities Services has informed us that there will be a power outage this Sunday, June 16th, 2013, affecting the following buildings with CN customers: Withycombe Hall, Ballard Extension Hall, Women’s Building, Snell Hall, Pharmacy, Furman Hall and Kerr Admin.

Facilities Services has informed us that there will be a power outage this Sunday, June 16th, 2013, affecting the following buildings with CN customers: Withycombe Hall, Ballard Extension Hall, Women’s Building, Snell Hall, Pharmacy, Furman Hall and Kerr Admin.  If you work in any of these buildings please be sure all computers and peripherals get turned off before you leave for the weekend.

 

When:

Sunday, June 16th, 2013. 

 

The electricity will be turned off at 8:00 AM and should be turned back on by 6:00 PM in Withycombe Hall 

 

The electricity will be turned off from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM, and again from 5:00 PM to approximately 6:00 PM in the following buildings:  Ballard Extension Hall, Women’s Building, Snell Hall, Pharmacy, Furman Hall and Kerr Admin

What do I need to do?

Please make sure that all computers, printers, copiers, and other electronic devices are turned off prior to leaving for the weekend.  If you have an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS), also known as a battery back-up, please be sure to turn it off as well. 

 
Services affected:

Electricity in Withycombe Hall, Ballard Extension Hall, Women’s Building, Snell Hall, Pharmacy, Furman Hall and Kerr Admin.

 

Thank you for your patience during this necessary maintenance period.

               
Your CN Management Team:  Lucas Turpin, Lucas Friedrichsen, Chris Sinnett
 
Community Network
Oregon State University
(541) 737-8787
http://oregonstate.edu/is/tss

Alert Category:  Facilities and Infrastructure Expiration Date:  Fri, 06/14/2013 - 1:07pm Active:  Active