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title: Power Outages
description: "Utilities is responsible for providing electricity to the university campus. Facilities & Operations generates electricity at the Central Power Plant and purchases electricity from outside vendors. Facilities & Operations constantly monitors the electrical conditions on campus and is immediately alerted…"
url: "https://fo.umich.edu/fosg/power-outages/"
updated: "2025-12-10"
category: P
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# Power Outages

Utilities is responsible for providing electricity to the university campus. Facilities & Operations generates electricity at the Central Power Plant and purchases electricity from outside vendors. Facilities & Operations constantly monitors the electrical conditions on campus and is immediately alerted to outages.

To report a loss of electricity or to obtain an update during an electrical outage, call the Facilities Service Center at 647-2059.

If damage occurs to departmental equipment as the result of an electrical outage, the department should report the damage to Risk Management at 764-2200