{"id":1080,"date":"2013-04-16T08:09:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T16:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2013-04-16T08:33:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T16:33:01","slug":"electrical-grid-updates-will-require-temporary-shutdowns-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/2013\/04\/16\/electrical-grid-updates-will-require-temporary-shutdowns-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Electrical grid updates will require temporary shutdowns on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Pacific Power &amp; 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.<\/p>\n<p>A number of incidents over the last several years on campus, including an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/dept\/ncs\/lifeatosu\/2010\/campus-pulls-together-in-aftermath-of-fire\/\">electrical fire<\/a>\u00a0in steam tunnels underneath campus, and a power outage which prevented alarms from going off during the recent flooding of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gazettetimes.com\/news\/local\/broken-pipe-causes-major-damage-to-osu-building\/article_b8eeab3e-4e23-11e2-8583-001a4bcf887a.htm\">Linus Pauling Science Center<\/a>, 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:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2028April 21\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following buildings will be without power from approximately 8 a.m.-6 p.m.:\u00a0Covell Hall, Merryfield Hall-West end, Graf Hall, Batcheller Hall, Benton Hall.<\/p>\n<p>These buildings will have the power shut off at 8 a.m. and re-energized at approximately 10 a.m., then de-energized at 5 p.m. and re-energized at approximately 6 p.m.:\u00a0Milam Hall, Bexell Hall, Kidder Hall, Milne Computer Center, Gleeson Hall, Gilkey Hall, Gilbert Addition, Shepard Hall, Dearborn Hall, Rogers Hall<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following buildings will be without power from approximately 8 a.m.-6 p.m.: Withycombe, Nash, Gilmore, Ballard Extension, Women\u2019s Building.\u2028June 16<\/p>\n<p>The following buildings will be without power from approximately 8 a.m.-6 p.m.:\u00a0Withycombe, McNary, Wilson, Callahan.<\/p>\n<p>These buildings will have the power shut off at 8 a.m. and re-energized at approximately 10 a.m., then de-energized at 5 p.m. and re-energized at approximately 6 p.m.:Withycombe, Nash, Gilmore, Ballard Extension, Women\u2019s Building, Snell, McAlexander Fieldhouse, Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center, Pharmacy, Women\u2019s Center, Education,\u00a0Kerr Admin.<\/p>\n<p>Your contacts for questions and concerns regarding this shutdown are Stuart Larson (<a href=\"mailto:stuart.larson@oregonstate.edu\">stuart.larson@oregonstate.edu<\/a>) and Scott Drahn\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:scott.drahn@oregonstate.edu\">(scott.drahn@oregonstate.edu)<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0 You can also contact the Campus Operations Work Coordination Center (541) 737-2969.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pacific Power &amp; 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. 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