Multiple areas in East Lancashire will be hit with planned power cuts from today onwards as works are undertaken by Electricity North West.

According to the Electricity North West website, houses in Chorley, Pendle and the Ribble Valley will be hit with cuts whilst works are undertaken.

The first cut is set to come into effect today, Tuesday June 13, in Charnock Richard, Chorley and will impact three homes or businesses.

The PR7 5LR, PR7 5LQ postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

Another planned power cut will hit homes in Roughlee Booth, Pendle, today, June 13.

Approximately 28 homes or businesses will be impacted in the BB9 6NZ, BB9 6NU, BB9 6NR, BB9 7AH, BB9 6NE, BB9 6NX postcodes.

On June 15, 22 homes or businesses will be impacted by planned power cuts in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley.

The power cuts will impact the BB7 1PR, BB7 3DL, BB7 3DJ postcodes.

Another set of cuts are to hit 38 homes or businesses in Euxton, Chorley, on June 16.

The PR7 6HQ, PR7 6HH, PR7 6FY postcodes will be impacted.

Finally, heading into the weekend, there will be 47 homes or businesses without power in Nelson, Pendle, from Saturday June 17.

The BB8 8PT, BB8 8PU, BB8 8ST, BB8 8PS, BB8 8PX postcodes will be impacted.

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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