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

According to the Electricity North West website, 108 houses or businesses will be impacted by power cuts.

The first cut is set to impact seven homes or businesses in Whalley, in the Ribble Valley, today, August 21.

The power cuts will hit the BB7 9DG postcode.

Also today, August 21, there will be 20 homes or businesses without power in Longridge.

The cuts will impact homes in the PR3 2QB, PR3 2QF, PR3 2QX, PR3 2TS postcodes.

Further cuts will take place tomorrow, August 22, in Whitewell, Rossendale.

Twenty-one homes or businesses will be hit in the OL13 8RG, BB4 9RY, BB4 9RZ, OL13 8NW, BB4 9SA, BB4 9RX postcodes.

On August 23, two homes or businesses will be without power in Clitheroe.

The BB7 4LB postcode will be impacted.

Also on August 23, there will be 19 homes or businesses in Longridge without power.

The PR3 3YQ, PR3 3YN postcodes will be impacted.

On August 24, five homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Hareholme, Rossendale, these will impact the OL13 8RG postcode.

Finally, on August 25, there will be 34 homes or businesses without power in the OL13 8NN, OL13 8NL, OL13 8ND, OL13 8EP, BB4 9SB, BB4 9SA, BB4 9RT 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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