The authorities of Liberia by the Liberia Electricity Corporation has lastly signed as much as the CLSG mission for interconnection between Côte D’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
Notably, the signing settlement is beneath the Power Purchase Agreement (PAP) between the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) and Côte D’Ivoire Energy (CIE).
Additionally, the signing of the settlement now places Liberia into an unwavering quest to hook up with the CLSG interconnection line for secure and inexpensive electrical energy from Cote d’Ivoire.
LEC Chief Executive Officer, and Board Chairman, Monie R. Captan returned over the weekend, from Abidjan for the high-level TRANSCO CLSG Steering Committee assembly beneath the auspices of the West African Power Pool (WAPP).
According to a dispatched, whereas within the Ivory Coast, Mr. Captan had sidelines conferences with Ivorian authorities on the power points and the necessity for excellent cooperation between the 2 international locations’ energy power regulators.
It could also be recalled, that Mr. Captan on Thursday, August 11, 2022, visited the headquarters of TRANSCO CLSG and met with the General Manager, Mohammed M. Sherif, and held fruitful discussions resulting in the ultimate signing.
During the discussions, each counterparts mentioned problems with mutual advantages, together with Liberia’s connection to the CLSG line. The Management of TRANSCO CLSG not too long ago applauded the Liberian Government’s resolution to allocate US$14M by the recast price range for 2022 in direction of efforts to enhance entry to secure and inexpensive electrical energy within the nation.
TRANSCO welcomed the daring transfer and acknowledged the federal government’s motion as a renewed dedication of the individuals of Liberia by their authorities, led by President George M. Weah to sort out the power supply points within the nation.
However, Liberia is now anticipated to signal all business framework paperwork together with the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Cote d’Ivoire and the Transmission Service Agreement with TRANSCO CLSG, which can pave the way in which for the supply of sunshine to tens of millions of Liberians who’re patiently awaiting the electrical energy.
Addressing the Media forward of the signing ceremony within the Ivory Coast, Liberia’s Mines and Energy Minister, Gesler E. Murray disclosed that the Management of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) has concluded the negotiations with La Cote d’Ivoire for electrical energy by the TRANSCO CLSG Transmission Line.
Minister Murray identified that the federal government together with its growth companions is bent on guaranteeing that residents take pleasure in uninterrupted electrical energy provide in the course of the dry season as they do now within the wet season.
He mentioned: “We are also hoping to sign the Transmission Service Agreement while on this same mission. The signing of these Agreements will see the first flow of power 27MW from the Ivory Coast which will commence on December 1, 2022. The import of cross border power will significantly reduce the power load shedding experience during the past dry season.”
Liberia is an integral associate within the TRANSCO CLSG course of, and of the 1, 303km of excessive voltage transmission line that runs from Man in Cote d’Ivoire, 537km of this line passes by Liberia with 5 stations in Yekepa, Botota, Buchanan, Monrovia, and Mano, whereas 4 of the 5 substations, besides Botota, have been accomplished, energized, and able to serve.
Commenting on the problems of energy outage being skilled by Liberians in the course of the dry season, Minister Murray maintained the federal government is embarking on preparation to handle what he termed because the “dry season generation gap”.
He harassed, “We will touch the repairing of equipment, procurement and adequate power supply around the country. The intervention to address the dry season gap will include but not limited to, CLSG electricity supply, repair of Bushrod Thermal Plant generators, procurement of HFO and LFO for these thermal generators, and repair of the damaged Turbine Unit at the Mount Coffee Hydro Power Plant.”
Murray additional indicated that the federal government is getting ready for the Christmas Season with a concentrate on the alternative of roughly 65 broken transformers in and round Monrovia, whereas on the similar time disclosing that the mission may even restore electrical energy to many communities in and round Monrovia which were out of service for an extended interval.
“We are also deploying 25,000 meters between now and the end of the year to ensure that most customers are metered and paying for their electricity consumption. Transmission and distribution project for the Roberts International Airport’s corridor will be completed by the end of the year as well,” Minister Murray revealed.
He furthers that LEC has expanded its community and is at present offering electrical energy to Margibi, Bomi, Cape Mount, and Bong Counties, including, “The new connections are expected to reach 200,000 by the end of 2022. Maryland, Grand Gedeh, and Bong counties were already on the cross-border grid and will all soon be under a franchise arrangement.”
Meanwhile, the nation’s Mines and Energy Minister has on the similar mentioned LEC has a business loss charge of fifty p.c, one thing he mentioned isn’t substantial and undermines the trouble to realize business sustainability.
“The key activities to reduce commercial losses are the metering of all customers, including retrofitting post-paid meters to prepaid metering, enforcement of power theft law, and responsiveness to customer complaints, and regular monitoring and disconnection of customers and ease of customers’ connections through efficient processes and workflows,” Mr. Murray mentioned.
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