Morning power outage affects portions of WSU campus

A small number of buildings on the Washington State University campus and the Grimes Way Playfield were without power this morning as the result of an electrical feeder failure.

WSU Facility Operations personnel said Johnson Hall, the USDA Agricultural Greenhouse, the Lewis Alumni Center and the Ensminger Pavillion all experienced outages resulting from an electrical short which prompted a breaker to trip at a WSU substation.

The outage occurred around 1 a.m and power was restored by approximately 9:30 a.m.