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

Houses in the Ribble Valley and Darwen will be affected.

The first cut is set to come into effect tomorrow, Wednesday, September 6, in Longridge, and will impact 110 homes or businesses.

The PR3 3ZP, PR3 3ZQ, PR3 3YP, PR3 3YJ, PR3 3YL, PR3 3ZL, PR3 3ZJ, PR4 0WA, PR3 3YQ, PR3 3YN, PR3 3XX, PR3 2YT, PR3 2ZT, PR3 3XY postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

Then, on Monday, September 11, 31 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Darwen.

The cuts will impact the BB3 2UD, BB3 2UA, BB3 2UB, BB3 2QD, BB3 2QE, BB3 2QF 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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