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 Darwen, Ribble Valley and Rossendale will be hit with cuts whilst works are undertaken.

The first cut is set to come into effect today, Tuesday March 14, in Darwen and will impact 154 homes and businesses.

The BB3 3LA, BB3 3JS, BB3 3LQ, BB3 2HY, BB3 3PP, BB3 3PR, BB3 3PS, BB3 2HZ, BB3 2HT, BB3 2HU, BB3 2HX, BB4 2HX, BB3 3PN, BB3 3PW, BB3 3QU, BB3 3QR postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

Another planned power cut will hit homes in Ramsgreave, Ribble Valley on March 16.

Approximately 18 homes and businesses will be impacted in the BB1 9DQ, BB1 9DH, BB1 9DJ postcodes.

Also on March 16, 46 homes and businesses will be hit with power cuts in Hareholme, Rossendale.

The cuts will impact the OL13 0PB, OL13 0PE, OL13 0PF, OL13 0PW, OL13 0PN, OL13 0PG, OL13 0QA, OL13 0PS, OL13 0PR, OL13 9HD postcodes.

On March 17, 19 homes and businesses in Whalley, Ribble Valley, will be hit with power cuts.

The BB7 9PS, BB7 9PT, BB7 9PW postcodes will be impacted.

Another cut is set to come into effect on March 17, in Hareholme, Rossendale, and will impact five homes and businesses.

The BB4 7JH postcode will be impacted.

On March 20, six homes and businesses will be hit with power cuts in Hareholme, Rossendale.

The BB4 8TE postcode will be impacted.

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.”