The electricity company (known as the Public Power Company or DEH in Greek) in Kos was founded as a branch of the Italian monopoly S.I.E.R. (Societa Industrie Elettriche Rodi) in the Dodecanese during the period 1926-1928 in order to manage local energy and telephone requirements.
The facility was established in the area of an old Muslim cemetery, which was allocated for this purpose, at the boundary of the “Industrial District of Kurm-Burnu” at the North-West side of the medieval port of the town. The industrial building of the pre-seismic Italian occupation era, which has “borrowed” architectural elements from the fortress of “Neratzia”, located directly across, has housed the administration offices of the Public Power Company (PPC) and has been declared a Heritage site.