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Power cuts across Chania region: check if your village is affected between April 27 and May 3
Announcement · Municipality of Apokoronas

Power cuts across Chania region: check if your village is affected between April 27 and May 3

Summary

Greece's electricity distribution operator DEDDIE has scheduled a series of planned power cuts across the Chania region between Monday, April 27, 2026 and Sunday, May 3, 2026, to carry out essential maintenance work on the grid. Affected areas include Vryses, Kalathas, Chorafakia, Stavros, Xyrosterni, central Chania, Aroni, Sternes, the entire Akrotiri peninsula, Souda, Nérokouro, Kalyves, Mourniés and many other villages and neighbourhoods. Each outage is scheduled for the morning hours; if work finishes early, power may be restored before the stated end time, but all lines should be treated as live until the official cut-off.

Planned power cuts across the Chania region: April 27 – May 3, 2026

Residents across a wide area of the Chania region should expect their electricity to be cut for several hours on specific mornings over the coming week and weekend. The outages are scheduled by DEDDIE, the national electricity distribution operator, to allow maintenance work on the grid. Below is a full breakdown of when and where power will be off.

Monday, April 28, 2026 — 08:00 to 15:00

The village of Vryses (Apokoronas) is affected in the central area, around the village square, the primary school and the Markakis supermarket.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 — 08:00 to 13:00

A morning outage will affect:

  • Kalathas (around the Tzanakakis hotel and the beach)
  • Chorafakia
  • Agios Pavlos
  • Tersanas
  • Machairida
  • Stavros

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 — 12:00 to 15:00

A second window the same afternoon covers:

  • Kampani (village entrance, DEYACH branch office)
  • Kalathas (old football ground area, Sody Kalatha settlement, Pyrgos Kalatha)

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 — 08:00 to 13:00

  • Xyrosterni

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 — 08:30 to 13:00

  • Chania city: Andreas Papandreou street from the Courts square to Platonos street, including all side streets

Saturday, May 2, 2026 — 08:00 to 15:00

The longest single outage covers a broad area including:

  • Aroni (Crete firing range, zones A and B)
  • Pazinos
  • Tachydomi
  • KTEO (vehicle inspection station)
  • Nefeli area
  • Kontarakis supermarket
  • 115 Combat Wing base and residential settlement
  • Sternes
  • Marathi and Marathi petrol station
  • Loutraki

Sunday, May 3, 2026 — 06:00 to 08:00

An early-morning outage affects:

  • Vlites and Livadia
  • The entire Akrotiri peninsula
  • Chania, Ai Giannis area
  • Lentariana (from the pink-purple Papanastasíou street to the end of the road)
  • Lentariana workers' housing estate
  • Chalepa
  • Profitis Ilias
  • Sody Koubeli
  • Agios Matthaios
  • Biological treatment plant

Sunday, May 3, 2026 — 08:00 to 09:00

  • Tsikalaria
  • Souda industrial zone (VIOPA)
  • Artists' Village
  • Souda (square area and National Bank)
  • Naval base (Naustathmos)

Sunday, May 3, 2026 — 09:00 to 10:00

  • Nérokouro (Elpis and Niki areas, Bagakis food store)
  • Souda, Papanastasíou street
  • Kalami
  • Megala Chorafia
  • Kyani Akti
  • Kalyves

Sunday, May 3, 2026 — 10:00 to 11:00

  • Katsifariána
  • Chrysopigi
  • Kokkino Metohi
  • Mourniés
  • Pervolia
  • Vamvakopoulo
  • Sykolia
  • Lygides
  • Agia Prison
  • Marmaras

Safety warning

If engineers finish early, power may be restored before the stated end time. For this reason, all cables and network components — even those lying on the ground — must be treated as live at all times during the outage window. Approaching or touching any cables or network equipment is strictly prohibited and carries a serious risk of electrocution.

Contact DEDDIE

For questions or to report problems:

  • Phone: +30 210 928 1600
  • Phone: +30 214 405 0205
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Website: deddie.gr

Official source

Source translation

Machine-translated from the official source document.

Islands Region Directorate Chania Area Limni Tsondou, 733 00, Mournies Information: Ch. Xanthoudakis T 28210 48237 F 214 4050495 [email protected]

Ref./Date: Φ. 913/

To: Newspaper CHANIOTIKA NEA

Subject: Announcement of temporary interruption of electricity supply

We kindly request that you publish the following announcement in the edition of SATURDAY 25/4/2026:

INTERRUPTION OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN THE CHANIA REGION

Residents of the following areas are hereby notified that, in order to carry out necessary technical works on the network, there will be an interruption of the electricity supply:

MONDAY 27/4/2026 08:00–15:00

VRYSSES APOKOR. (AREA: VILLAGE CENTRE–SQUARE–PRIMARY SCHOOL–SUPERMARKET MARKAKIS).

TUESDAY 28/4/2026 08:00–13:00

KALATHAS (AREA OF HOTEL TZANAKAKIS, BEACH)–CHORAFAKIA–AGIOS PAVLOS–TERSANAS–MACHAIRIDA–STAVROS.

TUESDAY 28/4/2026 12:00–15:00

KAMPANI (VILLAGE ENTRANCE, DEYACH BRANCH)–KALATHAS (AREA OF OLD FOOTBALL GROUND, SODY KALATHA SETTLEMENT, PYRGOS KALATHA).

WEDNESDAY 29/4/2026 08:00–13:00

XYROSTERNI

WEDNESDAY 29/4/2026 08:30–13:00

CHANIA (ANDREAS PAPANDREOU STREET FROM THE COURTS SQUARE TO AND INCLUDING PLATONOS STREET) AND ALL PERPENDICULAR STREETS.

SATURDAY 2/5/2026 08:00–15:00

ARONI (CRETE FIRING RANGE POSITION A", POSITION B")–PAZINOS–TACHYDOMI–KTEO–NEFELI AREA–SUPERMARKET KONTARAKIS–115 COMBAT WING–115 COMBAT WING SETTLEMENT–STERNES–MARATHI–MARATHI FUEL STATION–LOUTRAKI.

SUNDAY 3/5/2024 06:00–08:00

VLITES–LIVADIA AND THE ENTIRE AKROTIRI AREA – CHANIA AI GIANNIS AREA–LENTARIANA (FROM PINK-PURPLE PAPANASTASÍOU STREET TO THE END)–LENTARIANA WORKERS' HOUSING–CHALEPA–PROFITIS ILIAS–SODY KOUBELI–AGIOS MATTHAIOS–BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLANT.

SUNDAY 3/5/2026 08:00–09:00

TSIKALARIA–SOUDA INDUSTRIAL ZONE (VIOPA)–ARTISTS' VILLAGE–SOUDA (SQUARE AREA, NATIONAL BANK)–NAVAL BASE (NAUSTATHMOS).

SUNDAY 3/5/2026 09:00–10:00

NEROKOUROU (ELPIS AND NIKI AREA, BAGAKIS FOOD STORE)–SOUDA PAPANASTASÍOU STREET–KALAMI–MEGALA CHORAFIA–KYANI AKTI–KALYVES.

SUNDAY 3/5/2026 10:00–11:00

KATSIFARIANA–CHRYSOPIGI–KOKKINO METOHI–MOURNIES–PERVOLIA–VAMVAKOPOULO–SYKOLIA–LYGIDES–AGIA PRISON–MARMARAS.

If the works are completed earlier, the electricity will be restored before the stated end time of the interruption indicated above. For this reason, electrical installations and networks must be considered as continuously live. Therefore, for safety reasons, approaching conductors or other network components is prohibited, even if they are found lying on the ground, as there is a serious risk of accident.

I. Papagianakis Deputy Director Chania Area

Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator S.A. Perraivu 20 and Kallirroe 5 117 43, Athens +30 210 9281600 +30 214 4050205 [email protected]

Ch.X./fe./ANNOUNCEMENT OF TEMPORARY INTERRUPTION OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY in the Chania Region/Φ. 913/24.4.2026

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