{
  "id": "2026-10-22-arizona-state-university-west-valley-campus-power-outage",
  "slug": "arizona-state-university-west-valley-campus-power-outage-2026-10-22",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Arizona State University",
    "shortName": "ASU",
    "state": "AZ",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "ASU Alert / @ASUPolice",
    "enrollment": 145000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-10-22",
    "type": "power-outage",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Power outage hits educational buildings at one campus, restored the next morning",
    "headlinePublic": "Power outage hits educational buildings at one campus, restored the next morning",
    "summary": "At 12:33 PM MST on Thursday, October 22, 2026, ASU Police posted that [a power outage was affecting educational buildings on the West Valley campus](https://x.com/ASUPolice/status/2113353175533052348) and told students and staff to check email for class details. A [restoration notice](https://x.com/ASUPolice/status/2113677995831431545) followed at 10:04 AM MST on October 23.",
    "outcome": "Power was restored to all educational buildings on the West Valley campus by 10:04 AM MST on October 23, 2026.",
    "endDate": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-22T12:33:55-07:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Power outage\nWest Valley campus\n\nThere is currently a power outage affecting educational buildings on the West Valley campus.\n\nStudents and staff are to check email for details regarding their classes. https://t.co/rkfWfsUlIm",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/ASUPolice/status/2113353175533052348",
      "sourceDescription": "@ASUPolice post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-09 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "Arizona does not observe daylight saving time; times are MST (UTC-7).",
        "Points to email for class-by-class details. The attached image was not read."
      ],
      "characterCount": 225
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-23T10:04:39-07:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Power restored to the West Valley campus\n\nThe power has been restored  to all educational buildings on the West Valley campus. https://t.co/BrXY08x3l4",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/ASUPolice/status/2113677995831431545",
      "sourceDescription": "@ASUPolice post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-09 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "Official double space in \"restored  to\" preserved."
      ],
      "characterCount": 150
    }
  ],
  "context": "The West Valley campus is in Glendale, Arizona. Several other campuses posted unrelated power-outage alerts the same day, including [Wright State](https://x.com/WrightStAlert/status/2113291070465245374).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The outage lasted overnight, about 21.5 hours between the two posts."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@ASUPolice: power outage, West Valley campus",
      "url": "https://x.com/ASUPolice/status/2113353175533052348",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "@ASUPolice: power restored, West Valley campus",
      "url": "https://x.com/ASUPolice/status/2113677995831431545",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "backfill-2026-10-12",
    "power-outage",
    "public-r1",
    "arizona",
    "all-clear"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-11-09",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-11-09",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}