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July 11, 2007

Update: Power failure at RIC cancels today's classes

PROVIDENCE – All day and evening classes for today at Rhode Island College have been canceled because of a major power failure.

The college’s main transformer – its main power source – failed late yesterday afternoon, cutting power on the 180-acre campus in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood, college spokeswoman Jane Fusco said this morning.

National Grid spokesman David Graves said the transformer belongs to RIC, and once the college fixes that – work that’s expected to be done today or tomorrow – the electric company can turn the power supply back on for the campus.

None of the nearby residential National Grid customers lost their power when the transformer failed, Graves said. However, they may have noticed a momentary reduction in power – like a dimming of their lights and other electrical appliances – yesterday afternoon, he said.

The college has some generators in use for various purposes, such as in the main dining hall, Fusco said.

Anyone seeking more information can call the college information line, at (401) 456-9500, Fusco said. Also, the college’s Web site carries a message about the canceled classes and reporting that RIConnect and WebCT are temporarily unavailable.

More than 3,000 students are on campus this summer, in the midst of RIC's second summer session, Fusco said.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

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