Achievements

Status on Rural Electrification
The cumulative statistics on the status of electrification is shown in the table below:

National Statistics on the Status of the Electrification Programme for Rural Institutions as at 25 August 2010

Province	Primary Schools	Secondary Schools	Rural Health Centres	Govt. Ext. Office	CHIEFS		BUSINESS CENTRES	Small Scale Farms	Villages	Irrigation Schemes	others	total electrified to date
Province	Primary Schools	Secondary Schools	Rural Health Centres	Govt. Ext. Office	Grid	Solar	BUSINESS CENTRES	Small Scale Farms	Villages	Irrigation Schemes	others	total electrified to date
Manicaland	268	154	109	51	23	1	179	45	165	14	78	1087
Mash Central	188	115	88	39	21	2	121	122	42	11	83	832
Mash East	175	116	65	22	18	2	95	110	89	26	105	823
Mash West	292	116	52	30	16	4	61	154	75	9	41	850
Masvingo	187	141	97	37	22	1	149	39	77	14	43	807
Mat North	138	77	52	37	23	8	72	12	18	9	26	472
Mat South	138	77	53	19	19	0	93	17	91	9	28	544
Midlands	122	78	59	26	27	5	80	84	62	6	23	572
Total Electrified	1508	874	575	261	169	23	850	583	619	98	427	5987
W.I.P.	27	11	6	2	0	0	7	6	30	3	5	97
Balance O/S	2023	161	47	61	55		99	240	525	5	180	3412
Vacant Chieftainships					52*
Total Number of Institutions	3531	1035	622	322	266
% Completion	42.7%	84.4%	92.4%	81.1%	78.5%

Notes:

The statistics on electrified institutions include 218 institutions where solar systems have
been installed.
Four (4) chieftainships already had electricity before the incumbent chiefs were installed.
Out of the 52 chieftainships that are vacant, 28 have benefited from electricity.
The outstanding statistics on Business Centres, Villages, Small Scale Farms and Other reflect the back log on customer paid projects.

To date REA has commissioned twenty three (23) milling plants at rural schools in various Provinces. It is estimated that fifty-eight (58) milling plants will be established by the end of 2009.

In 2004 REA imported irrigation equipment in bulk from India for the development of over 2000 hectares of irrigation schemes for rural institutions and individual farmers.

REA has done a feasibility study for ZERO on energy and water demand estimates and projections at Temaruru rural service centre.

REA has done a study on energy demand for a power back up system for several customers in the country.