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July 13, 2007

Update this afternoon on Pastore power outages

CRANSTON -- Officials will hold another news conference this afternoon to update the status of efforts to restore power at the Pastore Complex, where several state departments and the Eleanor Slater Hospital are located.

A power failure Wednesday night, the second power failure of the week, caused disruptions at the Pastore Complex. An electrical surge had caused underground power lines to fail.

Here's where things stand now, according to a news release from the the state Department of Administration:

* Department of Administration:

All campus buildings have grid or generator power. A few administrative buildings have limited power and are subjected to limited operations. Line repairs will continue through the weekend, and buildings will begin to go back back on the grid next week.

* Department of Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals:

All patient care areas are "stable." The power outage continues to impact the work environment in administrative buildings. Most buildings have partial power but are not yet fully running. Auxiliary generators are on site and are being connected.

The department is inventorying "collateral damage" caused by the power outages. No medical equipment has been damaged.

* Department of Corrections:

As of this morning, all Department of Corrections facilities are running normally. The High Security Center, Dorothea Dix Women's Minimum Security Facility and the Pinel Building (community confinement) continue to be powered by generators, but are fully functional. Regularly scheduled weekend activities within the corrections department will happen as planned.

The media briefing is at 3:30 p.m.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 1:48 PM | Permalink

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