{
  "id": "2022-04-20-san-diego-state-university-west-side-regional-power-outage",
  "slug": "san-diego-state-university-west-side-regional-power-outage-2022-04-20",
  "institution": {
    "name": "San Diego State University",
    "shortName": "SDSU",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "SDSU Alert",
    "enrollment": 37000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-04-20",
    "type": "utility-failure",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "West-side regional outage restored the same evening",
    "headlinePublic": "West-side regional outage restored the same evening",
    "summary": "San Diego State University [posted two Urgent updates](https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2022-04-20-unplanned-power-outage) after an unplanned outage hit parts of campus. SDG&E later called it a regional outage that affected the west side. Power to campus buildings was restored at 7:22 p.m.",
    "outcome": "West-side campus buildings restored at 7:22 p.m. Facility Services spelling preserved from the source."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2022-04-20T17:27:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "SDSU has received reports of an unplanned power outage impacting parts of campus. The cause is unknown, and Facility Services is assessing. Timely updates will be shared.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2022-04-20-unplanned-power-outage",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — April 20 2022 west-side outage 5:27 p.m.",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent fetches 2026-08-17. sha256 fa7e4499277308f5feadf9a839a2ce353b8145ebf72459102698b9a54caec13b.",
        "Thread checked N/A (official HTML archive).",
        "Not a test: live unplanned outage.",
        "Facility Services (singular) preserved from the source.",
        "Distinct incident from 2022-10-04-san-diego-state-university-west-side-partial-power-outage and 2022-08-24-san-diego-state-university-murray-substation-power-outage: different date."
      ],
      "characterCount": 170
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2022-04-20T20:20:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "SDG&E has confirmed a regional power outage, which impacted the west side of campus at SDSU today, April 20. As of 7:22 p.m., power was restored to campus buildings impacted by an unplanned, partial power outage.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2022-04-20-unplanned-power-outage",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — April 20 2022 west-side outage 8:20 p.m.",
      "annotations": [
        "Same dual fetch. Restore time 7:22 p.m."
      ],
      "characterCount": 212
    }
  ],
  "context": "SDSU Urgent archive for an April 20 2022 regional SDG&E outage that hit the west side of campus.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Two official products from unknown-cause reports through 7:22 p.m. restore."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "SDSU Urgent archive — April 20, 2022: Unplanned Power Outage",
      "url": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2022-04-20-unplanned-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"
}