Dear LBNL Colleagues, At this time, power remains off at Berkeley Lab’s main hill site and PG&E estimates that power might be restored sometime Monday.  As a result, Berkeley Lab’s main hill site will remain closed on Monday, October 28; please discuss remote work options with your supervisor. We will advise you on whether you should report to work Tuesday when that decision is made. JGI … [Read more...]

Dear LBNL Colleagues, PG&E shut off power at the Lab’s main hill site at 10:01 p.m. today, Oct. 26, as part of their public safety power shutdown (PSPS). At this time, the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) in Walnut Creek continues to have power. Berkeley Lab’s main hill site and JGI remain closed to all except emergency-essential personnel. We will be advised by PG&E when re-energization at … [Read more...]

Dear LBNL Colleagues, PG&E has notified Berkeley Lab that it has changed their estimate of when it will shut off power to the Berkeley Lab main hill site and to the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) in Walnut Creek as part of the public safety power shutdown (PSPS). The current estimated time for power shutoff at both sites is 7 p.m., today, Oct. 26. In addition, all buildings and systems at the … [Read more...]

Dear LBNL Colleagues, PG&E has notified the Lab that it will shut off power to the Lab’s main hill site and to the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) in Walnut Creek on Saturday, Oct. 26, due to weather forecasts of extremely high winds and dry conditions this evening through Monday morning. The current estimated time for power shutoff for both sites is 5 p.m. As a result, these two Lab … [Read more...]

Dear Laboratory Colleagues, Two Lab sites, the main hill site in Berkeley and the Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, have a high likelihood of having power shut off on Saturday as part of a PG&E public safety power shutdown (PSPS). This expectation is based on weather forecasts of extremely high winds and dry conditions Saturday evening through Monday morning. In order to prepare, as of … [Read more...]