Efforts to restore the power grid across the country are ongoing, as many areas were left without electricity for 24 years in the wake of the snow blizzard that swept across Greece on Monday, as the Minister of Environment and Energy Costas Skrekas said in today’s briefing.

According to the minister, by the evening the vast majority of grids will have been restored, as crews are working non-stop to solve any problems.

As he pointed out, from the 2,500 medium voltage lines of the network, there were failures in 79 lines that were limited to 45 in the early morning hours. Another 8 were restored by noon while work continues on another 37, however, in some of them, the work of the crews is hampered by difficult access.

The CEO of the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO), Anastasios ManosHe pointed out that more than 650 workers and 180 vehicles in cooperation with ELAS and the Civil Protection services have been mobilised in the areas where there are problems, with priority given to the densely populated regions, while a helicopter has been deployed to inspect the medium voltage lines in Eastern Attica to locate the points with damage in inaccessible areas.

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Regarding the damages per region, he pointed out that almost all of them have been restored on the islands except for individual settlements in Heraklion and Chania, part of a village in Naxos, and a tourist area in Serifos. In Attica, the areas of Agia Paraskevi, Papagou, Holargos, and Chalandri are still facing electricity problems in some neighbourhoods. Larger problems are reported in Eastern Attica and specifically, in Nea Makri, Pikermi, Grammatiko, Kato Souli, Marathon, Kalivia, and Keratea, due to difficulties of the crews in accessing these areas. Overall, it is estimated that from last night until today, the percentage of areas that did not have electricity has been reduced by at least 50%, added Manos.