Power restored to Yale buildings affected by transformer failure

NEW HAVEN — Power has been fully restored to all affected Yale University buildings following a transformer failure that caused outages Friday afternoon, according to a university statement issued Saturday morning.

The outage stemmed from a transformer failure in the lower Hillhouse Avenue area, Yale officials said.

Power has been restored to 17 Hillhouse, Bass, Becton, CRB, Dunham, ESC, KCL, KGL, Mason, MEC, SPL WL, WLC, WLW and YSB, according to the statement. 

Yale said teaching laboratories in SCL and laboratory fume hoods at the Peabody Museum will be inspected and verified Monday after Yale Environmental Health & Safety personnel are granted access.

Multiple Yale buildings near Prospect Street lost power Friday afternoon. In a campus alert, the university said the transformer issue affected the lower Hillhouse Avenue area. Researchers working in impacted laboratories were advised to secure research materials and evacuate affected buildings.

This article includes previous reporting by staff writers Liz Hardaway and Richard Chumney.