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

According to the Electricity North West website, houses in Pendle, Hyndburn and Burnley will be hit with cuts while works are undertaken.

The first cut is set to come into effect today, Wednesday February 15, in Nelson, Pendle, and will impact 106 homes and businesses.

The BB10 3RF, BB10 3RD, BB10 3RE, BB10 3FS, BB10 3RQ, BB10 3RH, BB10 3RJ, BB8 8HL, BB8 8HN, BB10 3RG, BB8 8HJ, BB8 8AB, BB8 8HH, BB12 9PT, BB12 9PR, BB12 9PS, BB10 3RG, postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

Another planned power cut will hit homes in Netherton, Hyndburn, on February 16.

Approximately 59 homes will be impacted in the BB6 7UT, BB6 7UN, BB7 9JQ, BB7 9JH, BB7 9JL, BB7 9JJ, BB7 9JE, BB7 9JG, BB7 9JF, BB7 9LF postcodes.

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On February 19, approximately 14 homes and businesses will be without power in Padiham, Burnley.

The cuts will impact the BB12 7LW, BB12 7LN, BB12 7LP postcodes.

Finally on February 19, 26 customers will be impacted by power cuts in Roughlee Booth, Pendle.

These cuts will impact residents in the BB9 6NZ, BB9 6NU, BB9 6NR, BB9 7AH, BB9 6NE, BB9 6NX 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.

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“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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