{
  "id": "2026-05-27-texas-tech-university-campus-power-outage",
  "slug": "texas-tech-university-campus-power-outage-2026-05-27",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Texas Tech University",
    "shortName": "Texas Tech",
    "state": "TX",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TechAlert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-05-27",
    "type": "power-outage",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Power outage affecting portions of campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Power outage affecting portions of campus",
    "summary": "Texas Tech [issued a TechAlert that a power outage was affecting portions of campus](https://www.ttu.edu/techalert/alerts/) and [30 minutes later said Lubbock Power & Light had restored service north of 19th Street](https://www.ttu.edu/techalert/alerts/).",
    "outcome": "Power restored. Distinct from the March 12 2025 substation-explosion outage."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-05-27T12:04:00-05:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "TechAlert! - This is an emergency notification from Texas Tech University. We are currently experiencing a power outage affecting portions of the Texas Tech campus. University officials and utility crews are working to assess the situation and restore service as quickly as possible. Additional updates will be shared as information becomes available.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ttu.edu/techalert/alerts/",
      "sourceDescription": "TechAlert recent-alerts archive: 5/27/26 12:04PM Power Outage",
      "annotations": [
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        "Distinct incident from 2025-03-12-texas-tech-university-explosion: different year and cause."
      ],
      "characterCount": 351
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-05-27T12:34:00-05:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "TechAlert! - This is an emergency notification from Texas Tech University. Lubbock Power & Light has identified and repaired the issue causing the earlier power outage affecting portions of the campus. Power has been restored, and all buildings north of 19th Street should now have service. If you continue to experience issues, please contact Operations at 742-4OPS.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ttu.edu/techalert/alerts/",
      "sourceDescription": "TechAlert recent-alerts archive: 5/27/26 12:34PM Power Outage Update",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent HTML fetch 2026-08-24. sha256 0da8637b73b43db704cd057a0c0bd88b4b0c3caabff151642e68336cbe34b1a9. Body of the 12:34PM listing item. SPN 429."
      ],
      "characterCount": 367
    }
  ],
  "context": "Texas Tech posted both products on its [TechAlert alerts archive](https://www.ttu.edu/techalert/alerts/). Tests on the same listing (3/24/26, 1/29/26, 9/9/25) are excluded. Winter-weather products from Jan 25-27 2026 remain queued.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A campus power outage was reported at 12:04 p.m. and restored by 12:34 p.m. north of 19th Street.",
    "Lubbock Power & Light was named as the utility that repaired the issue."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "TechAlert recent alerts",
      "url": "https://www.ttu.edu/techalert/alerts/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-24",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 429"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "texas",
    "texas-tech",
    "power-outage",
    "emergency-notification",
    "2026"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-24",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-24",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}