Division of Campus Affairs
Facilities Management Services
TO: Shutdown Group and All Facility Coordinators
FROM: University Engineer
DATE: September 4, 2015
SUBJECT: MAJOR MAIN Campus Electric Outage – 9/3/2015 11:50 PM
A main Duquesne Light electric feeder serving parts of Main Campus and other Oakland locations failed at approximately 11:50 PM, last night. Buildings believed to be affected are Wean Hall, Cohon University Center, Porter/Baker Hall, Margaret Morrison Apartments, Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall, Hamburg Hall, Smith Hall and the FMS Building. FMS personnel are determining if there are other buildings without electricity. The outage has also significantly affected our ability to provide chilled water for air conditioning to main campus buildings. Backup cooling systems for Cyert Hall are being activated. Duquesne Light crews are working to restore power and FMS crews with assistance from Duquesne Light are working to reroute electric service on campus to alternate electric feeds.
Updates will be provided as more information becomes available. A scheduled update to this notice will be sent out at 6:00 AM today.
Martin H. Altschul, PE
University Engineer
Facilities Management Services
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 268-2529