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

Houses in Darwen, the Ribble Valley and Nelson will be affected.

On Wednesday, January 17, five homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Darwen.

The cuts will impact the BB3 2BT, BB3 2BW postcodes.

On Friday, January 19, there will be five homes or businesses without power in Bolton-By-Bowland, impacting the BB7 3EB postcode.

Finally on January 22, there will be 23 homes or businesses without power in Nelson.

The power cuts will impact the BB9 6PA, BB9 6NZ, BB9 6NL, BB9 6ND, BB9 6NN 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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