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The Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability (OCIS) would like to remind the campus community that this year’s electrical preventative maintenance power outage at the north Oshawa location is scheduled for Saturday, July 7 from approximately 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Note: If inclement weather delays this project, the testing will take place on Saturday, July 14 (a revised notice will be distributed).

Please do not schedule activities during the maintenance period. For everyone's safety, the buildings will be closed during the power outage as there is only minimal emergency power available. In addition, there will be no telecommunication or computer service available. This means no student, research or visitor activities can take place at the north Oshawa location.

Faculty and staff should plan their work and make provisions for this outage. If you have a project or research underway that the power outage would negatively affect, and for which no alternative plan is possible, contact Ken Bright, Director, OCIS, at ext. 2532 to determine whether backup power can be arranged.

The power outage will affect cooling systems. This means much of the university’s information technology (IT) network will be down during this period as well. Some systems may be able to continue on backup power; however, this depends on how the day goes, and cannot be guaranteed. If your research project requires continuous computing/power, you should consider options that can sustain a 12-hour outage. If this is not possible, contact Reem Ali, Manager, Technology-Enriched Learning, IT Services, at ext. 2654 for assistance in planning.

For your advanced planning, please note next year’s scheduled electrical maintenance at the north Oshawa location will occur on Saturday, July 6, 2019 from approximately 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Thank you for your patience and assistance in preparing for this downtime.

For more information, contact Doug Crossman, Manager, Mechanical Systems and Energy, at ext. 2133.