Bradshaw: Homes or businesses to be hit with power cuts

According to the Electricity North West website, 30 homes or businesses in Bradshaw will be hit with cuts whilst works are undertaken on October 21.

The BL8 3PU, BL8 3PX, BL8 3PE, BL8 3PF, BL8 3PP, BL8 3PL, BL8 3PT, BL8 3PT postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

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.

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“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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