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

Houses in Chorley, Pendle, Burnley, Clitheroe, and Rossendale will be affected.

Today, October 31, 31 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Croston, near Chorley.

This will impact the L40 1SG, L40 1SD, L40 1SE postcodes.

Tomorrow, November 1, 35 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Nelson, Pendle.

The cuts will impact the BB10 3RQ, BB8 8HL, BB8 8HN, BB10 3RG, BB8 8HJ, BB8 8AB, BB8 8HH postcodes.

On November 2, 85 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Brunshaw, Burnley.

The BB10 3LF, BB10 3LQ, BB10 4RS, BB10 4RT, BB10 4RE, BB10 3LG, BB10 4RF, BB10 4HY, BB10 3LL, BB10 4RQ, BB10 3LH, BB10 3LJ postcodes will be impacted.

On the same day, 13 homes or businesses will be hit with power cuts in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley.

The cuts will affect the BB7 3JJ, BB7 3NB postcodes.

Finally on November 2, 22 homes or businesses in Hareholme, Rossendale, will be impacted by planned power cuts.

The cuts will hit the BB4 7AF, BB4 7AE postcodes.

On November 4, 34 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Whitewell, Rossendale.

The cuts will impact the BB4 7BY, BB4 6BE, BB4 7EL, BB4 7DN, BB4 7BZ, BB4 7DQ postcodes.

On November 5, one home or business will be hit in Foulridge, Pendle, impacting the BB8 7LE postcode.

Finally, on November 5, 34 homes or businesses will be impacted by power cuts in Nelson, Pendle, affecting the BB9 7PH, BB9 7XR postcodes.

A spokesperson for 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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