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 Clitheroe, Whalley, Blackburn and Longridge will be affected.

The first cut is set to come into effect today, Tuesday August 8, in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley and will impact 24 homes or businesses.

The BB7 4ED, BB7 4EX, BB7 4HH, BB7 4EY, BB7 4EU postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

Another will affect homes or businesses in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley on Wednesday, August 9.

Approximately 13 homes or businesses will be impacted in the BB7 4EQ, BB7 4EH, BB7 1QB postcodes.

Also on Wednesday, August 9, 91 homes or businesses will be affected by planned power cuts in Whalley, Ribble Valley.

The cuts will impact the BB7 9QU, BB7 9QY, BB7 9QX, PR3 2YU, BB7 9PR, BB7 9PY, BB7 3LR, BB7 3LP, BB12 7RY, BB12 7RF, BB12 7RG, BB12 7RU, BB7 9DT, BB12 7RZ, BB7 9DR, BB7 9FR, BB7 9FQ, BB7 9EZ postcodes.

On Thursday, August 10, eight homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Blackburn Central.

The cut will hit properties in the BB2 6NS postcode.

Also on August 10, 37 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Longridge, Ribble Valley.

The cuts will impact the PR3 2GS, PR3 2QR, PR3 2QJ, PR3 2GQ, PR3 2GR, PR4 2WN, PR3 2QS, PR3 2NZ, PR3 2QT postcodes.

Finally, on August 12, three homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Blackburn South and Lower Darwen.

The cuts will impact the BB1 2LU postcode.

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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