Outages

Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, North Medical Building, Cancer Research Building, McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, East McDonnell Facility, Couch Biomedical Research Building, 4522 McKinley, Specialized Research Facility East, South Medical Building, Core@718Electric 6/2/2024

The purpose of this outage is to perform maintenance and testing on the ‘D’ feed portion of the McKinley Substation switchgear. Facilities electricians will perform switching in all affected buildings, to isolate and de-energize the ‘D’ feed. Facilities electricians and Service Contractors will inspect and test the breakers, relays, and major components of the de-energized portion of the switchgear. Once all inspections and testing are complete, facilities electricians will restore power in all affected buildings to normal operation.

Building/Areas affected:
The following list shows what buildings, and how they are affected by this outage:

  • FLTC – Single lined to ‘W’ Feed Only. (Should not see any power loss.)
  • NOR, CRI, SOU – Single lined at Courtyard Substation to ‘W’ Feed Only. (Should not see any power loss.)
  • MCD – Single lined to ‘W’ Feed Only. (Should not see any power loss.)
  • EMD – Single lined to ‘W’ Feed Only. (Should not see any power loss.)
    o EMD Chiller Gear will lose ‘D’ feed which will start 4160V Generator.
  • COUCH – Single lined to ‘W’ Feed Only. (Should not see any power loss.)
    o COUCH Fire Pump will lose the normal feed which will start the generator.
  • EH&S – Single lined to ‘W’ Feed Only. (Should not see any power loss.)
  • SRF-East – Single lined to ‘W’ Feed Only. (Should not see any power loss.)
  • Core @718 – ‘D’ Feed is the only utility power source to the building. (This building will see a total loss of power for the duration of the outage. There is no generator backed emergency power available in this building.)