10/27/19 - 11:00 AMĪ message was sent to campus at 10:45 AM Sunday: Daytime classes on Monday 10/28 have been canceled. No information is available yet on potential impact to campus, but researchers and programs should think through contingency plans for research, meetings and events planned on campus during the week, should campus buildings remain closed (with campus co-generated power remaining on). Note: Another round of high winds is forecast for Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, 10/29-30. All other buildings on the main campus will remain closed. Moffitt Library will be open to students on Monday, 10/28.
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10/28/19 - 9:30 AMĪn update from campus leadership is expected by noon today. Visit the Tang Center website for tips on dealing with unhealthy air. The campus will send out new alerts if quality degrades. Information about classes will be coming later this afternoon.Īir quality degraded earlier in the day today, but has since improved, and is no longer in an ‘unhealthy’ range. Researchers and programs should be making contingency plans for meetings and events planned on-campus through Friday, should campus buildings remain closed (with campus co-generated power remaining on).
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Users should monitor the Research IT website and monitor email for updates on downtime once the campus is able to transition back to full PG&E power. The Savio cluster is back online after a planned outage this morning.
Continue to watch for further updates coming later this afternoon. Campus buildings, including many dorms and the campus data center continue to run on power from the campus co-generation plant to ensure basic levels of continuity. The campus is awaiting news from PG&E to see whether we will be impacted by another PSPS alert for the next wind event forecast for Tuesday/Wednesday. Thank you everyone for your patience and cooperation during the outage period! 10/28/19 - 2:00 PM The campus will continue to monitor air quality due to smoke from Sonoma county and more local wildfires, and will send out new advisories if quality deteriorates. Buildings will remain locked until full PG&E power is restored - please continue to remain off campus until Tuesday morning.įaculty with research at LBNL please visit for Lab-specific status updates. Therefore the good news that classes and normal campus operations will resume on full PG&E power on Tuesday morning, October 29.
PG&E has notified the campus that it will not be subject to a further PSPS outage during the 10/29-30 wind event.