ZESA Holdings Pct. Ltd (Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority)

Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority, whose official name is ZESA Holdings Limited, is a state-owned company whose task is to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity in Zimbabwe.  It has organized this task by delegation to its subsidiaries, the energy generating company Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC).

In general the power generation capacity in Zimbabwe is too small to meet demand from the industry and private householdings. Import of electricity from surrounding countries has eased the situation somewhat, but load shedding is used on a routine basis and some rural areas do not have electricity over long periods.