A NUMBER of planned power cuts are in place across Cumbria in the week ahead, as engineers work to improve the electricity network in the area.

Here are all of the dates and places planned power cuts will take place throughout the week, according to electricity providers Electricity North West, with postcodes provided so you can check if your home or business will be affected.

Monday April 22

  • Ainstable, Eden (88 customers affected -CA4 9PZ, CA4 9QY, CA4 9RE, CA4 9QE, CA4 9RW, CA4 9QN, CA4 9QQ, CA4 9QG, CA4 9QB, CA4 9QD, CA4 9QT, CA4 9QH, CA4 9QF, CA4 9RL, CA4 9RJ, CA4 9RN)
  •  Kirkby Stephen, Eden (11 customers affected- CA17 4JN, CA17 4SS, CA17 4SZ)
  •  Skelton, Eden (25 customers affected- CA4 9QA, CA4 9QN, CA4 9QQ)

Tuesday April 23

  •  Lakes, South Lakeland (103 customers affected- CA11 0UQ, CA11 0UH, CA11 0SQ, CA11 0UJ, CA11 0BY, CA11 0BP, CA11 0DE, CA11 0BZ, CA11 0UP, CA11 0DA, CA11 0GN)
  •  Skelton, Eden (103 customers affected- CA11 0UQ, CA11 0UH, CA11 0SQ, CA11 0UJ, CA11 0BY, CA11 0BP, CA11 0DE, CA11 0BZ, CA11 0UP, CA11 0DA, CA11 0GN)
  • Drigg And Carleton, Copeland (75 customers affected- CA19 1UA, CA19 1UE, CA19 1TU, CA19 1TE, CA19 1TW, CA19 1UF, CA19 1TL, CA19 1TX, CA19 1TY, CA19 1TZ, CA19 1UB, CA19 1UD)

Friday April 26

  • Skelton, Eden (39 customers affected- CA4 0LQ, CA4 0LG, CA4 0LF, CA4 0RZ, CA4 0SA, CA4 0RL, CA4 0DA)
  • Lowick, South Lakeland (54 customers affected- LA12 8EE, LA12 8ED, LA12 8ER, LA12 8EP, LA12 8EW, LA12 8EN, LA12 8EH, LA12 8EF, LA12 8EG)

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 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.”