Stanford students may have to rely on the summer solstice for light today after an Edgewood Park fire caused a PG&E system failure that sparked a

‘Lights out’: Campus-wide outage hits Stanford amid solstice fires

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2022-06-23 16:00:13

Stanford students may have to rely on the summer solstice for light today after an Edgewood Park fire caused a PG&E system failure that sparked a campus-wide power outage in the early afternoon.

The Stanford SU Alert system initially informed the community of the outage at 3:18 p.m., attributing the blackout to a problem with “one of the main PG&E transmission lines feeding campus.” According to the alert, efforts are underway to transfer power to an alternate line. There was no estimation on when power would be restored, and warned students to prepare for chilled water curtailment.

The outage comes on the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures topping out at 102 degrees. Meanwhile, fires have been burning through the surrounding areas in San Mateo County all day. The Edgewood Fire that reportedly caused the outage has not yet been contained as of Tuesday evening.

According to PG&E, the company’s “crews were immediately dispatched to the scene and are partnering with first responders as we work to safely restore power to approximately 8,900 customers.”