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

Houses in Pendle, Ribble Valley, Hyndburn, Chorley and Burnley will be affected. 

The first cut is set to come into effect today, Tuesday July 11, in Roughlee Booth, Pendle and will impact 28 homes or businesses.

The BB9 6NZ, BB9 6NU, BB9 6NR, BB9 7AH, BB9 6NE, BB9 6NX postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

Another will affect homes in Charnock Richard, Chorley, on Wednesday, July 12.

Approximately 19 homes or businesses will be impacted in the WN6 9RX, PR7 5EB, PR7 5HX, PR7 5HQ postcodes.

On Thursday, July 13, seven homes or businesses will be affected by a planned power cut in Laneshaw Bridge, Pendle.

The cuts will impact the BB8 7EP, BB8 7EW postcodes.

Also on Thursday, 22 homes or businesses will be impacted in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley.

These cuts will hit homes in the BB7 3LT, BB7 3LU, BB7 3LX postcodes.

Another planned power cut will hit homes in Peel, Hyndburn on Sunday, July 16.

The cut will hit four homes or businesses in the BB5 6PW postcode.

Finally, on Monday July 17, three homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Brunshaw, Burnley.

The BB11 3RF postcode 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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