More than 300 homes or businesses are set to be hit with planned power cuts from tomorrow as works are carried out by Electricity North West.

On Wednesday, May 22, 69 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Padiham, Burnley.

The cuts will impact the BB11 5QZ, BB11 5QU, BB11 5QT, BB11 5QX, BB11 5QR postcodes.

Also on Wednesday, May 22, 37 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Whalley.

The cuts will impact the BB7 9QU, BB7 9QY, BB7 9QX, PR3 2YU, BB7 9PR, BB7 9PY postcodes.

On Thursday, May 23, 213 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Shear Brow and Corporation Park, Blackburn With Darwen.

The cuts will hit the BB2 6HP, BB2 6HF, BB2 6HE, BB1 8BB, BB1 8BA, BB1 8AZ, BB1 8DW, BB1 8DN, BB1 8DP, BB1 8DY, BB1 8EB postcodes.

Finally, on Thursday May 23, 19 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Padiham, Burnley.

The cuts will affect the BB12 9AF, BB12 8HP, BB12 8UB, BB12 8UD, BB12 8TX, BB12 8UA postcodes.

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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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