99.7% of Rural Regions Linked to Power Grid

A total of 58,000 villages in Iran have access to electricity, which means 99.7% of rural regions are connected to the power grid, the head of Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) said.
“The rest lacking electricity are nomads and this is while the average index of electrified villages in the world is 15%,” Arash Kordi was also quoted as saying by ISNA on Monday.
The number of rural areas linked to the national power grid has increased by 15-fold over the past four decades, he added.
Over 25,000 kilometers of distribution networks have been established to connect more than 21 million rural subscribers to the power grid.