{
  "id": "2024-08-15-san-diego-state-university-science-buildings-power-outage",
  "slug": "san-diego-state-university-science-buildings-power-outage-2024-08-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "San Diego State University",
    "shortName": "SDSU",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "SDSU Alert",
    "enrollment": 37000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-08-15",
    "type": "utility-failure",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Science buildings lose utility power; later resolved",
    "headlinePublic": "Science buildings lose utility power; later resolved",
    "summary": "San Diego State University [posted two Urgent updates](https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2024-08-15-unplanned-partial-power-outage) after an unplanned partial power outage left Geology Mathematics Computer Sciences, North Life Sciences, and Bio Science Center without utility power. Backup generators covered two of the buildings. The outage was later reported resolved.",
    "outcome": "Outage resolved. Facilities did not expect further outages from this incident."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-08-15T10:04:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "An unplanned, partial power outage was reported at SDSU on August 15 just after 8:43 a.m. Partial power has been restored, but the Geology Mathematics Computer Sciences, North Life Sciences and Bio Science Center buildings do not have utility power. North Life Sciences and BioScience Center currently have power via backup generators. Facilities Services team members are on site to assess. Faculty and staff are encouraged to report any ongoing issues online: sdsu.assetworks.cloud. Additional updates to come.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2024-08-15-unplanned-partial-power-outage",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — Aug 15 2024 partial power outage 10:04 a.m.",
      "annotations": [
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        "Thread checked N/A (official HTML archive).",
        "Not a test: live partial outage with named buildings.",
        "Portal URL flattened from an HTML link to sdsu.assetworks.cloud.",
        "Distinct incident from 2024-12-18-san-diego-state-university-brief-partial-power-outage and 2024-07-23-san-diego-state-university-calexico-power-outage: different date and campus/buildings."
      ],
      "characterCount": 512
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2024-08-15T12:33:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "An unplanned, partial power outage reported at SDSU on August 15 just after 8:43 a.m. has been resolved. Facilities Services does not expect any further outages associated with this incident. Faculty and staff are encouraged to report any ongoing issues online: sdsu.assetworks.cloud.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2024-08-15-unplanned-partial-power-outage",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — Aug 15 2024 partial power outage 12:33 p.m.",
      "annotations": [
        "Same dual fetch. Portal URL flattened from an HTML link."
      ],
      "characterCount": 284
    }
  ],
  "context": "SDSU Urgent archive for an Aug 15 2024 unplanned partial power outage on the San Diego campus science complex.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Named science buildings lost utility power; two ran on generators; later resolved."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "SDSU Urgent archive — Unplanned, Partial Power Outage",
      "url": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2024-08-15-unplanned-partial-power-outage",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-17",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523/500 earlier this run; not retried this file"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "california",
    "sdsu",
    "power-outage"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-17",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-17",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}