Physical Plant fixes power problem

After five University buildings lost electricity early Sunday morning, IU Physical Plant employees determined the power failure resulted from a broken cable.\nThe IU Auditorium, Lilly Library, Woodburn Hall, Ernie Pyle Hall and Collins LLC had no power Sunday morning and afternoon because of the failure of the buildings’ backup generators, said Mark Menefee, assistant director of the IU Physical Plant. Menefee said the primary generator failed Dec. 31, and since then, IU has been running on the backup generators.\nThe IU Auditorium, Woodburn Hall, Ernie Pyle Hall and Collins have all had their power restored, Menefee said. The Lilly Library and the Bryan House are still running on emergency generators, he said.\nThe electricity in Collins was temporarily cut Monday morning while employees took the building off generators.\nMenefee said the physical plant is going to replace the bad cable and said he hopes to get the work done today.