Multiple areas in East Lancashire will be hit with planned power cuts from Thursday onwards as works are undertaken by Electricity North West.
According to the Electricity North West website, houses in Hyndburn and Blackburn with Darwen will be without power while works are undertaken.
The first powercut is set to come into effect on Thursday, March 30, in Clayton-Le-Moors and will impact 15 homes and businesses.
The BB5 5UF, BB5 5UD, BB5 5UG, BB5 5UA, BB5 5TZ, BB5 5UR, BB5 5OX postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.
Another planned power cut will hit homes in Blackburn Central on Sunday, April 2.
These cuts will impact approximately 62 homes and businesses in the BB2 2UF, BB2 2TZ, BB2 2UA postcodes.
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Finally on Monday, April 3, eight homes and businesses in Livesey will be impacted by power cuts.
These will impact the BB2 6RL, BB2 6RN, BB2 6QZ, BB2 6RP postcodes.
Clive Wilkinson, operations director at Electricity North West, 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 to 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.”
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