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Campus power shutdowns on March 21 and 28

To: UC Santa Cruz community

From: Public Affairs

March 06, 2020

In an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of UC Santa Cruz, a two-megawatt solar parking canopy is being built at the East Remote Parking Lot. The new solar photovoltaic system will produce 2 megawatts of power, off-setting approximately 20 percent of our campus power demand, currently served by Pacific Gas and Electric.

The campus must install and test equipment for the new photovoltaic system. To complete this work, a power shutdown is required. On both March 21 and March 28, campus power will be shut off, allowing contractors to install and test all the equipment required to connect the photovoltaic system to the campus power grid.

Shutdowns

  • Saturday, March 21, 4 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.

  • Saturday, March 28, 4 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Please power down your computers, printers, equipment, etc., before these outages. Also, please note elevators will not be operational during these power outages.

Review the following four lists for the status of your building and check with your building coordinator if you have questions:

A. The following facilities will experience power shutdowns both March 21 and 28, from 4 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. each day.

  • Antenna Site (KZSC + Wireless Tenants)

  • ARC Center

  • Baskin Visual Arts

  • Baytree Bookstore

  • Biomedical Sciences

  • Camper Park

  • Chadwick Garden

  • Classroom Units

  • College Nine and Ten Dining

  • College Nine and Academic, Apartments

  • College Ten/Social Sciences 2 and Academic, Apartments

  • Core West Parking

  • Cowell College, Apartments

  • Crown College and Apartments

  • Digital Arts Research Center

  • Engineering 2

  • Farm, Agro Ecology, Quarry Village

  • Grad Student Housing

  • Grad Student Commons / IVETA

  • Hahn Student Services

  • Housing Services / Visual Arts Research Facility

  • Humanities

  • Kerr Hall

  • McHenry Library

  • Merrill College and Apartments

  • Music Facility

  • Natural Science Wood Shop

  • Oakes College/Apartments

  • P. E. Fitness Center

  • Physical Sciences Building

  • Porter College

  • Porter / Kresge Apartments

  • Quarry Village (Areas A, B, C, D, E, F)

  • Rachel Carson Academic, Dining, Commons, Dorms, Apartments

  • Redwood Grove Apartments

  • Redwood Building

  • Stevenson College

  • Student Union

  • Theater Arts Complex

  • University House

  • Upper Quarry Amphitheater

  • West Field House 

B. The following buildings will not be affected by the shutdown, as our campus cogeneration plant will be providing power:

  • Baskin Engineering

  • Center for Adaptive Optics

  • Central Heat Plant

  • Communications

  • Cowell Student Health Center

  • Earth & Marine Science

  • East Field House

  • Engineering Auditorium

  • Fackler Cogeneration

  • Fire Station

  • Interdisciplinary Science

  • Natural Science 2

  • Science Library

  • Sinsheimer

  • Thimann

C. These facilities have emergency and standby power supplied by generators, which will be operated during the outage.

  • Bay Tree Bookstore

  • Biomedical Sciences

  • Classroom Units

  • College 9 (Soc Sci 1)

  • College 9 Apartments

  • College 9/10 Dining Hall

  • College 9/10 Dorms

  • College 10 (Soc Sci 2)

  • Core West Parking Structure

  • Cowell College

  • Cowell Infill Apartments

  • Crown/Merrill Colleges

  • Crown/Merrill Apts – Lower and Upper

  • Digital Arts Research Center

  • Engineering 2

  • Hahn Student Services

  • Humanities

  • Kerr Hall

  • Kresge College

  • McHenry Library

  • Music Facility

  • Oakes College

  • Physical Science Building

  • Porter College, Kitchen & Dining

  • Porter/Kresge Infill Apartments

  • Rachel Carson Admin/Academic

  • Rachel Carson Apartments

  • Rachel Carson Dorms A, B, C, D

  • Rachel Carson Kitchen

  • Stevenson College

  • Stevenson Infill Apartments

  • Theatre Arts Complex

  • Upper Quarry Amphitheater

  • West Field House

D. These facilities will not be affected by the shutdown because they are fed directly by PG&E.

  • Coastal Science Campus

  • Faculty and Staff Housing

  • 2300 Delaware

  • Arboretum

  • Cardiff House Annex

  • Granary

  • Cardiff House

  • Blacksmith Shop

  • Carriage House

  • Family Student Housing

  • Emergency Response Center/Police Station

  • Water Tank Pump Station

  • Physical Plant Shop Stores

  • Ranchview Terrace

  • Hazardous Waste Facility

  • Hay Barn

  • Barn-H/Receiving/Risk Services

  • Barn-G

  • Physical Plant Trailers Near Corp Yard

  • PP&C Trailers West of Barn-G

  • Physical Plant Paint, Sign & Bug Shop

  • Fleet Services

  • Cook House

  • Barn Theater

  • Main Kiosk

Please email questions about the shutdown to Nathan Weiner, project manager, at naweiner@ucsc.edu.