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

Houses in the Ribble Valley and Burnley will be affected.

On Friday, September 15, 18 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Read, in the Ribble Valley.

The cuts will impact the BB7 9HN, BB7 9HP, BB7 9DU, BB7 9ED, BB7 9DT, BB12 7SA, BB12 7QW, BB12 7SW postcodes.

On September 18, six homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Lanehead, Burnley.

The cuts will impact the BB10 3QS postcode.

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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