- The LEC Board Chair stressed that stealing electricity endangers its supply to the country and keeps its cost per hour high because somebody has to pay for the electricity that has been stolen.
- Only 14 megawatts are being shared across the country currently.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), Monie Raph Captan, has disclosed that the Transmission Service Agreement (TSA) signed by the Government of Liberia involving the Liberia Electricity Corporation at TRANSCO CLSG headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, with neighbouring Ivory Coast will take effect in December with actual power hitting the ground on December 10, 2022.
Liberia’s Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Samuel D. Tweah, Jr., who left Monrovia to attend the signing ceremony in Abidjan, has promised the government’s financial commitment to sustain the TRANSCO CLSG. During the Ministry of Information regular briefing on Thursday, Mr Captan noted that the entire country needs 40 megawatts of electricity during the dry season. However, only 14 megawatts are being shared across the country currently. Furthermore, he stressed the negative impact of power theft, adding that the high increase in power theft in the country is a serious challenge to the LEC and is discouraging the country’s energy sector from meeting its present obligation.
The LEC Board Chair stressed that stealing electricity endangers its supply to the country and, at the same time, keeps its cost per hour high because somebody has to pay for the electricity that has been stolen. In addition, He said, “We can bring the cost of kilowatt per hour down if all of us pay for the current we use. For this purpose, we have set up a major anti-power theft campaign to stop power theft and to be able to pay for the supply which will be here during December.”