TUESDAY MORNING POWER OUTAGE (5/15/2012):

The Knoxville Utilities Board was working this morning on High Voltage lines along Neyland Drive in relation to the Henley Street Bridge project when one of the conductors broke and fell across the lines that serve Min-Kao, SEFR, Dabney/Buehler, South College and Ayres. They cleared the short circuit in a matter of a few minutes and power was restored. Facility Services crews went to all of the affected buildings and verified that the power was back on and that all systems returned to normal.

Reorganization!

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Power Outage Plan

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The Facilities Services Department is responsible for the basic operation and continuous maintenance of the physical facilities of the Main and Agricultural campuses of The University of Tennessee.On the campuses, responsibilities of Facilities Services include building operation and maintenance and grounds landscaping and maintenance. Some of the major elements of the campus are: 230 buildings, containing almost 14,800,000 gross square feet of space; 556 acres; 5 miles of University-owned streets and 7 1/2 miles of City-owned streets within the campus boundaries; 33 miles of sidewalks and plazas; a University-owned electrical distribution system which annually provides over 225 megawatt hours of power to University buildings; and a University-owned Central Steam Plant with one natural gas and three coal fired boilers and a distribution system which annually produces over one half billion pounds of steam for heating purposes. The Steam Plant also operates a five (5) megawatt electrical power generator when it is economical to do so.

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