More than 170 homes or businesses are set to be hit with planned power cuts from today as works are carried out by Electricity North West.

A number of cuts are set to take place today, Wednesday May 29, in two Bolton areas.

There will be 12 homes or businesses affected by planed power cuts in Halliwell.

These will impact the BL1 2AL, BL1 2AR, BL1 2EA postcodes.

Also today, there will be 21 homes or businesses without power in Bradshaw.

The cuts will impact the BL8 3QT, BL8 3QS, BL8 3QU, BL8 3QR, BL8 3PX postcodes.

On Friday, May 31, 80 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Bradshaw.

The cuts will impact the BL7 0BS, BL7 0BS, BL7 0BX, BL7 0BU, BL7 0BR, BL7 0BT, BL7 0AY, BL7 0AX, BL7 0AR, BL7 0AT, BL7 0QG, BL7 0DU, BL7 0ED postcodes.

On Sunday, June 2, 58 homes or businesses will be hit with planned power cuts in Great Lever.

These will impact the BL1 1DB, BL1 1HQ, BL1 1DT, BL1 1DG, BL1 1HG, BL1 1DF, BL1 1RF, BL1 1BU, BL1 1DD, BL1 1HH, BL1 1BG postcodes.

Finally on Tuesday, June 4, eight homes or businesses will be affected by planned power cuts in Bromley Cross.

The cuts will hit the BL7 0JQ postcode.

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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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