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

According to the Electricity North West website, houses in Chorley and Pendle will be hit with cuts.

The first is set to come into effect on Wednesday, February 22, in Withnell Chorley and will impact 12 homes and businesses.

The PR6 8BH, PR6 8SW postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

Another planned power cut will hit homes in Barley-With-Wheatley Booth, Pendle, on February 22.

Approximately 83 homes and businesses will be impacted in the BB12 9JX, BB12 9JT, BB12 9JU, BB12 9JY, BB12 9LA, BB12 9LB, BB9 6LH, BB12 9JZ, BB12 9LE, BB12 9LD, BB12 9JR, BB12 9, BB12 9LF postcodes.

Finally on February 27, approximately 58 homes and businesses will be impacted by power cuts in Whittle-Le-Woods, Chorley.

These cuts will impact residents in the PR6 8JX, PR6 8HN, PR6 8HD, PR6 8HG, PR6 8HF, PR6 8HE, PR6 8JW postcodes.

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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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