State Building Board Visit

On August 18, 2011 the Utah State Building Board members visit the University of Utah to learn more about this year’s $50 million capital funding request for electrical distribution and high temperature water infrastructure replacement.

Should the request for $50 million be approved and the electrical distribution system is replaced the University will:

• Reduce the frequency of power outages from an average of six outages per year per building to less than one.

• Reduce the duration of power outages from an average of 48 hours per outage to less than 1 hour per outage.

• Save the University more than $350,000 per year in transformer service charges.

• Save the University more than $200,000 per year by eliminating utility power factor penalties.