Category Archives: Electrical Shutdowns

8/1/24:  Pacific Power Shutdown in RAIL Building 8:00 am – 3:00 pm 

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Pacific Power is making repairs to an underground vault at the RAIL Building August 1, 2024 8:00 am- 3:00 pm. For this repair to happen they will need to shut the power off to the building. This should only affect the building with a slight interruption in power at the beginning and the end while the building generator cycles on and off. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause, however this shutdown is necessary for the repairs to be completed.

For questions or comments on this shutdown contact, Brandon Holden  at 541-737-8313.

12/27: Magruder Hall Electrical Shutdown Room 274

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An electrical shutdown will occur at Magruder Hall on Wednesday, December 27 from 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. The shutdown will impact the wet lab in Room 274 along with supporting HVAC and cold room equipment. The HVAC system and air flow in these areas will be affected during this shutdown.

What do you need to do to prepare for this outage? 

Please make sure that all computers, printers, copiers and other electronic devices are turned off prior to Wednesday, December 27. If you have an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS), also known as a battery back-up, please be sure to turn it off as well. 

Employees scheduled to work when buildings are without power should consult with their supervisors regarding work schedules. For more information regarding work scheduling, please refer to the instructions regarding Interruptions of University Operations.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Building Manager Ryan Mitchell at (541) 619-7791.

8/29/23: Scheduled Power Outage 3:00 am – 7:00 am

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Pacific Power is scheduling a power outage on August 29th, 2023. Their substation operations team needs to perform routine maintenance on the transformers in the 35th Street Substation. The outage will begin Tuesday morning at 3:00 am with an estimated completion time of 7:00 am.  Please see the list of impacted buildings below.

 Affected buildings:

  • RAIL Complex and Lagoon Pump
  • Swine Barn/Center
  • Irrigation Pump
  • Dairy Parlor
  • Dairy Barn
  • Turkey Office
  • Turkey Barn
  • Turkey House
  • West Irrigation Pumps
  • Dairy House
  • Rabbit Research Labs I &II
  • Farm Service and Storage
  • Animal Physiology
  • Beef Barn/Sheep Barn
  • Small Animal Lab
  • Hogg Animal Metabolism Laboratory
  • James E. Oldfield Animal Teaching Facility
  • Seed Lab
  • Motor Pool
  • Clark Laboratory
  • Sackett Hall
  • West Greenhouse
  • Wiegand Hall
  • East Greenhouse
  • Radiation Center (Reactor Room C136)
  • Cordley East Temporary Power
  • Withycombe Temporary Power

What do you need to do to prepare for this outage? Please make sure that all computers, printers, copiers, and other electronic devices are turned off prior to August 29th , 2023. If you have an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS), also known as a battery back-up, please be sure to turn it off as well.

6/28/23: Scheduled Power Outage Wiegand Hall 5 am – 7 am

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Electrical Power in Wiegand Hall will be shutdown Wednesday June 28, 2023 from 5:00 am – 7:00 am while Facilities Services connects a new feed to the smoke lab. The building will be closed to the public during the outage. 

What do you need to do to prepare for this outage? Please make sure that all computers, printers, copiers, and other electronic devices are turned off prior to Thursday, June 28th. If you have an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS), also known as a battery back-up, please be sure to turn it off as well. The building will not have network connectivity during this power outage, i.e. no wireless, wired internet or VoIP phone connectivity. Anything that relies on the network will not be functional.

1/7/23:  Scheduled Power Shutdown-  Gilkey Hall, Gleeson Hall, Gilbert Addition, Dearborn Hall, Rogers Hall, Community Hall, and Milne Computer Center 6:00 am – 9:00 am

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Pacific Power will be decommissioning obsolete equipment located in Dearborn hall on Saturday, January 7th from 6 am-9 am. Power will be shut down to the following buildings while this work is being performed, Gilkey Hall, Gleeson Hall, Gilbert Addition, Dearborn Hall, Rogers Hall, Community Hall, and Milne Computer Center. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.

9/30/2022: Electrical shutdown scheduled for west wing of Oak Creek Building from 6-10 a.m.

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For work related to the Oak Creek greenhouse project, an electrical shutdown is scheduled for the west wing of the Oak Creek Building. The electrical shutdown is scheduled to occur from 6-10 a.m. on Friday, September 30, 2022. The shutdown will impact the first and second floors of the building’s west wing, and lunch room 227 on the second floor.

The three stand-up freezers within the west wing of the building will be temporarily powered by generators during the shutdown. The walk-in cooler in the older wood greenhouse building will be temporarily powered by back feeding the building panel from the electrical panel inside the existing greenhouse.

For questions or comments on this work, contact Project Manager John Doty at 541-740-8302.

What do you need to do to prepare for this outage? Please make sure that all computers, printers, copiers, and other electronic devices are turned off prior to the start of the scheduled stand-by generator testing. If you have an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS), also known as a battery back-up, please be sure to turn it off as well.

Oak Creek Building area map

8/30/2022: Planned power outage scheduled for Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center and Hattie Redmond Women and Gender Center from 6-8 a.m.

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As part of the Community Hall Slope Project, a temporary power outage will occur from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 in the following buildings: Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center and Hattie Redmond Women and Gender Center.

What do you need to do to prepare for this outage? Please make sure that all computers, printers, copiers, and other electronic devices are turned off prior to 6 a.m. on August 30. If you have an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS), also known as a battery back-up, please be sure to turn it off as well.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Capital Renewal Project Manager Ryan Wilson at 503-779-3488.

Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center and Hattie Redmond Women and Gender Center area map

8/26/2022: Planned 480v power shutdown for Owen Hall from 5-8 a.m.

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For work related to the Owen Hall Classroom Remodel Project, a planned 480v power shutdown is scheduled for Owen Hall from 5-8 a.m. on Friday, August 26, 2022. This shutdown will include the fourth floor cleanroom and some 480v equipment in research labs throughout Owen Hall.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Project Manager John Doty at 541-740-8302.

Owen Hall area map