A Duke Energy Scheduled Power Outage, Steam Plant Maintenance Will See A&T Move To Condition 2: Suspended Operations on March 4

Duke Energy will conduct a scheduled power outage on Wednesday, March 4, affecting most campus buildings at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
The university’s steam plant will also be taken offline for repairs beginning at noon on Tuesday, March 3, through Wednesday, March 4.

 As a result, North Carolina A&T will move to Condition 2, Suspended Operations, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, and resume normal operations at 8 a.m. on Thursday, March 5.

Nearly all campus buildings will be affected. For the power outage, only Dowdy and Ward halls, DeHuguley Physical Plant, the Martin Engineering and Research Complex and Truist and World War Memorial stadiums will not be affected. Only the Martin Complex and Ward Hall will not be affected by the steam maintenance.

 As a reminder, under Condition 2: Suspended Operations, the university remains open on a very limited basis but has formally suspended all but mandatory operations. Mandatory employees must report to or remain at work. All other employees may not report to work or must leave the workplace.

Under Condition 2, employees must use leave time for any work missed unless authorized to work off site or the governor issues an order permitting leave with pay. Refer to the chart for further information regarding adverse weather and operations conditions.

Monitor your A&T email account, as well as the university’s website and social media, for further information on any additional operational changes. Remember: Only trust guidance regarding A&T operations that comes directly from the university.