Full list of planned power cuts across Lancashire this week

Hundreds of people can expect power outages between August 16 – August 23, as Electricity North West carry out some planned maintenance work.

Here is everything you need to know about planned power cuts – including where they are expected in the county.

What is an unplanned power cut?

Operations director at Electricity North West, Clive Wilkinson, said: “A lot of the work we do happens in the background and customers aren’t always affected, we even have ‘live lines’ teams who can work on live electricity equipment without turning power off, however, sometimes we do have to turn people’s power off so that our engineers can work on the network safely.

“Planned power cuts allow us to carry out vital work such as maintaining the network, carrying out repairs and installing new connections, which ensures that homes and businesses continue receive the best supply possible in the long term.

“With every planned power cut, we’ll always give at least 10 days’ notice, won’t turn power off before 9am and electricity will be back on before 5pm.

“Unfortunately, not all power cuts are planned and can happen for a variety of reasons with no warning because of the weather, vandalism or even birds hitting overhead lines.

"Our teams are on hand 24/7 365 days a year and should anybody ever need any more information during a power cut, whether planned or not, they can follow Electricity North West on Twitter or Facebook for updates, or call us free on 105.”

What causes un-planned power cuts?

According to Electricity North West, unplanned power cuts can be caused by many different factors such as:

• theft of our equipment- sometimes our substations are broken in to and our equipment is taken
• fire which damages the equipment on our network or in our substations
• birds flying in to our overhead cables
• deterioration or water seeping in to an aging cable
• damages to cables from others for example:
  • customers digging in their own garden
  • contractors working in the public highway
  • The length of time to restore your electricity can vary depending on the reason for the power cut. We will work as quickly as we can to restore your electricity as we know how inconvenient this can be to your daily life.

Full list of planned power cuts in Lancashire this week

Area: Lancashire

Date: August 22

Number of customer without supply: 6

Postcodes affected: BB9 6LG

Area: Skelmersdale

Date: August 22

Number of customer without supply: 164

Postcodes affected: WN8 7UT, WN8 7XA, WN8 7XB, WN8 7UQ, WN8 7TT, WN8 7UW, WN8 7UY, WN8 7TU, WN8 7LA, WN8 7LD, WN8 7UB, WN8 7UA, WN8 9PY

Area: Claughton, Lancaster

Date: August 22

Number of customer without supply: 57

Postcodes affected: LA2 9PS, LA2 9PP, LA2 9PW, LA2 9HF, LA2 9EX, LA2 9EZ, LA2 9EY, LA2 9EU, LA2 9ET, LA2 9ES, LA2 9BA, LA2 9PN, LA2 9PH, LA2 9PR

Area: Nelson

Date: August 19

Number of customer without supply: 17

Postcodes affected: BB9 6LQ, BB12 9LA

Area: Skelmersdale

Date: August 18

Number of customer without supply: 11

Postcodes affected: WA11 7TQ, WN8 9PZ

Area: Croston, Leyland

Date: August 16

Number of customer without supply: 27

Post codes affected: PR4 6JN, PR4 6JU, PR4 6JS, L40 1UA, L40 1TG, PR4 6JR

Area: Austwick, Lancaster

Date: August 16

Number of customer without supply: 4

Postcodes affected: LA2 8AT

Area: Barley, Burnley

Date: August 16

Number of customer without supply: 2

Postcodes affected: BB9 6LJ