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, May 13

  • Matterdale, Eden (8 customers affected: CA11 0RX, CA11 0RY, CA11 0RS)
  • Matterdale, Eden (1 customer affected: CA11 0RY)
  • Rockcliffe, Carlisle (1customer affected: CA6 4DQ)
  • Denton Holme & Morton South, Carlisle (12 customers affected: CA5 7BX, CA5 7EJ)
  • St. Cuthbert Without, Carlisle (15 customers affected: CA5 7AZ, CA5 7AF, CA5 7AY)

Tuesday, May 14

  • Kirklinton Middle, Carlisle (4 customers affected: CA6 4EW, CA6 4EL)
  • Hunsonby, Eden (1 customer affected: CA10 1HP)
  • Egremont, Copeland (3 customers affected: CA22 2TX)
  • Denton Holme & Morton South, Carlisle (37 customers affected: CA5 7AH, CA5 7AQ)
  • Denton Holme & Morton South, Carlisle (24 customers affected: CA5 7DD, CA5 7DE, CA5 7AN, CA5 6AW )

Wednesday, May 15

  • Skelton, Eden (5 customers affected: CA11 9PS)
  • Windermere, South Lakeland (7 customers affected: LA23 1BG, LA22 0LU, LA22 0LR)
  • Silloth-On-Solway, Allerdale (26 customers affected: CA7 4TP, CA7 4TG, CA7 4TF, CA7 4TR)
  • Embleton, Allerdale (12 customers affected: CA13 9SF, CA13 9SA, CA13 9XJ, CA13 9XR)

Thursday, May 16

  • Silloth-On-Solway, Allerdale (25 customers affected: CA7 4ST, CA7 4SS, CA7 4SR, CA7 4SE, CA7 4RR, CA7 4RU, CA7 4SP)
  • Brougham, Eden (1 customer: CA10 2DW)
  • Drigg And Carleton, Copeland (39 customers affected: CA19 1HJ, CA19 1TA, CA19 1YL, CA19 1YN, CA19 1TB, CA19 1TD) 
  • Alston Moor, Eden (26 customers affected: CA9 3LQ, CA9 3LG, CA9 3LY, CA9 3LF, CA9 3LX, CA9 3LH, CA9 3LZ)
  • Skelton, Eden (14 customers affected: CA11 9SJ)
  • Skelton, Eden (17 customers affected: CA11 9SJ, CA4 0PT)
  • Preston Richard, South Lakeland (27 customers affected: LA8 0HH, LA8 0HL, LA8 0HJ)
  • Preston Richard, South Lakeland (43 customers affected: LA8 0HE, LA8 0HF, LA8 0JA, LA8 0HH)

Friday, May 17

  • Arthuret, Carlisle (18 customers affected: CA6 5YS)
  • Preston Richard, South Lakeland (5 customers affected: LA8 0EH, LA8 0EL, LA8 0EJ)
  • Sedbergh, South Lakeland (9 customers affected: LA10 5PG)
  • Brougham, Eden (1 customer affected: CA10 2DW)
  • Askam And Ireleth, Barrow-In-Furness (86 customers affected: LA18 5HG, LA18 5JD, LA18 5JN, LA18 5HB, LA18 5HQ, LA18 5HF, LA18 5EZ, LA18 5JW, LA18 5JB, LA18 5HZ, LA18 5JA)

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.”