- The Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC) has disclosed plans to license qualified electricians and put an end to people purporting to be electricians and causing havoc in the electrical energy sector of Liberia.
- LERC has worked on many regulations, adding that three regulatory instruments that will be reviewed during the workshop will impact the electricity sector in terms of service delivery and installation.
The Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC) has disclosed plans to license qualified electricians and put an end to people purporting to be electricians and causing havoc in the electrical energy sector of Liberia. The LERC, following a two-day (February 9-10) Technical Review Workshop on licensing, technicians, and wiring code in Monrovia. The LERC said they aim to stop people pretending to be electricians.
Stefania Marrone, Head of the Green Team representing the European Union delegation to Liberia, said it is a milestone for the energy sector of Liberia because we will have a harmonized electricity technocratic setting with a regulated wiring system via the wiring code, taking into consideration that Liberia hag to be regionally integrated into its neighbouring countries electrical coding system. Madam Marrone added that with US$63 (52 Million Euros), the European Union had financed the “Monrovia Consolidation of Electricity” to support the Government of Liberia in its effort to provide sustainable and stable electricity to all citizens. She revealed that one of the contracts under the program secured a total envelope of 2.8 million Euros for a 3-year-long Technical Assistance for Capacity Building and Institutional Support to the Liberia Electricity.
LERC Managing Director Augustus V. Goanue described the regulatory process as a milestone in the electricity sector of Liberia. Goanue stressed that the LERC has worked on many regulations, adding that three regulatory instruments that will be reviewed during the workshop will impact the electricity sector in terms of service delivery and installation. Also speaking, Atty. Martus K.W. Bangalu, Director and Deputy National Authorizing Office (NAO), Ministry of Finance, noted that for the past twenty-five months, the LTTA team had done well along with LERC and Ministry of Mine and Energy, saying that many regulations have been drafted which have helped to build the capacity of Ministry of Mine and Energy staff.