14/10/2026
⚡ ⚡ ⚡ THIS POST IS UPDATED AND SUPERSEDED.⚡ ⚡ ⚡
THERE ARE CHANGES IN THE WORK SCHEDULE!
Please see new posting!
Please be guided accordingly!
Thank you
--------------------------------------------
⚡ POWER INTERRUPTION NOTICE ⚡
📅 Date: Sunday, 18 October 2026
🕗 Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
🔌 STRENGTHENING UPLB’S POWER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A SAFER AND MORE RELIABLE CAMPUS
The University Planning and Maintenance Office (UPMO) informs the university community of a scheduled power interruption to facilitate essential electrical infrastructure upgrades and maintenance works. These activities are crucial to strengthening the university’s electrical distribution system, addressing existing electrical concerns, reducing the risk of unplanned outages, and ensuring a safer and more reliable power supply for campus facilities.
🛠️ PROJECTS AND MAJOR WORKS
🔹 PROJECT 1: Upgrade of Electrical Lines – Lower Campus
📌 UPLB–IF–016–04–25 | JFA Electrical Construction and General Services Inc.
Continuation of new electrical line tapping along Silangan Road and the Silangan Substation area.
🔹 PROJECT 2: UHS Operating Room Complex
📌 UPLB–IF–030–11–25 REBID | J.S. General Contractor
Installation and tapping of a new 13.8 kV primary power line to support the expansion and electrical requirements of the University Health Service (UHS) Operating Room Complex.
🔹 ADDITIONAL ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE WORKS
👷 UPMO Electrical Services Section (ESS-UPMO)
▪️ Replacement of the existing pad-mounted transformer serving DAME-CEM.
▪️ Splicing and termination of 4.16 kV underground power cables at the CEM Parking Area.
💡 WHY ARE THESE WORKS IMPORTANT?
These upgrades and maintenance activities are essential to improving electrical system safety, strengthening power distribution, addressing equipment and cable concerns, and supporting the operational requirements of expanding university facilities. They are important investments in preventing avoidable disruptions and ensuring a more dependable power supply for the UPLB community.
📍 AFFECTED AREAS
🔴 Entire Upper Campus – Power interruption.
🟠 Portions of the Lower Campus – Power interruption.
✅ EXCLUDED AREAS: Pili Drive, from the Department of Civil Engineering up to the NGCP-UPLB Substation, and Rambutan Road.
🦺 SAFETY AND POWER RESTORATION
ESS-UPMO and CSIS-UPMO will supervise the activities to ensure compliance with established safety standards. Power restoration is targeted for 5:00 PM, subject to the completion of all works and confirmation that the system is safe for energization.
⚠️ SAFETY REMINDER: Treat all electrical lines and equipment as energized at all times. Please observe the necessary safety precautions.
🙏 Thank you for your patience, understanding, and cooperation!
These essential works demonstrate UPLB’s continuing commitment to a safer, stronger, and more reliable electrical infrastructure that will support the university’s facilities and future development.
💙❤️ Building a better and more dependable UPLB, one improvement at a time!