LIBERIA ELECTRICITY CORPORATION

P. O. BOX 165
MONROVIA, LIBERIA
Office of the Planning Assist. Director May 7, 2017

UPDATE FROM THE Planning, Projects and Rural Electrification Department

Project General Description Contracts Contractor Contract Status / Progress Challenges

Amount
The Project which is Lot 1: Supply and JV of MBH USD  Completed control  Stoppages
divided into three lots, Installation of 66 Power Pvt 8,012,983.45 Building tile laying, due to claims
entails construction of 66 kV Paynesville – Limited and Bathroom works on land
kV transmission line from Kakata Shreem ongoing in Kakata ownership
Paynesville to Kakata; Transmission Line Electric  Continue to  Payment to
construct a new 66/33 kV and 66/33 kV Limited construct Towers Project
Substation in Kakata; Substation in foundation Affected
expand the existing 66/22 kakata  Completed the Persons for
kV Substation in erection of 160 out the use of
Paynesville; construct 314 Towers their lands
distribution lines in  The 33kV Gantry
Paynesville and Kakata; erection ongoing
connect 10,300  Cable trench
customers. The project reinforcement and
 also entails the the laying Fire Wall
construction of HFO ongoing
Tanks and Pipeline. The
project is funded by the USD  Completed the
World Bank. 11,000,000 Tank Farm project,
awaiting
commissioning
LACEEP Extension of JV of MBH USD  Paynesville
Paynesville Power Pvt 1,244,003.28 Substation
Substation Limited and expansion work
Shreem has since begun
Electric  Dispersal of
Limited and Laterals soil to
ELTEL enhance the
excavation of top
soil and back filling
for the
construction of
Gantry Structures
foundation ongoing
Lot 2: The Supply Zhongmei USD  Dressing of
& Installation of Engineering 2,646,280.30 Medium Voltage
Distribution Group poles from Kakata
Networks and Limited & to Weala ongoing
Customer Jiangxi  Construction of
Connections for Thermal transformer
Electrification of Power Stations ongoing
Communities for Consortium  18.9km of Medium
Electrification of Voltage line has
Communities in been strung out of
the Economic 41km distance.
Corridor
Paynesville-
kakata
Lot 3: The Supply Zhongmei USD  54.82Km out of
and Installation Engineering 7,293,519.10 82km of medium
of Distribution Group Voltage lines has
Networks and Limited & been strung
Customer Jiangxi  Transformers
Connections for Thermal installations
Electrification of Power ongoing; 61pcs of
Communities Consortium 15KVA, 56pcs of
around 25KVA, 15pcs of
Paynesville and 50KVA and 5pcs of
Selected Large 100KVA
Users transformers has
been installed out
of the total of 335
pcs to be installed
in Lot-3.
 Straining of Bundle
Conductors for low
Voltage network
ongoing
 Completing
customer’s
recruitment @ 97%

Supervision SMEC USD

Consulting 362,467.00
Engineer for the
Electrification of
the Economic
Corridor
Paynesville
Kakata and
Greater
Monrovia
 (Transmission
and Distribution
Networks
LACEEP Project entails Design Engineer Patrice USD  Preliminary survey
AF construction of 66 kV Afenyo 170,236.06 has stated for
lines from Bushrod Substation and
through Virginia to Kle; Transmission lines
66 kV line from Stockton  Completed
Creek through contract
Gardnesville to negotiation for
Paynesville; construct Distribution
four New Substations in Network
Virginia, Kle, Stockton Contract Kwaw Obu- USD  Contract has been
Creek, and Gardnesville, Agreement for Cann 95,603.28 signed for the
expand the substation in Consultancy procurement of an
Bushrod and Paynesville; Services for the Owners Engineer
connect 33,000 Implementation  Bid opening for
Customers; of a SCADA and SCADA and Load
Load Dispatch Dispatch Center is
Implement a SCADA and Center Project for scheduled for May
Load Dispatch Center for the Liberia 8, 2017
LEC, Implement IMS and Electricity
CMS Corporation

Monrovi Construction of the No Contracts NA NA  Contract

a Second 66 kV Circuit from Signed ( negotiation for the
Consolid Bushrod to Krutown; Contracting supply and
ated from Bushrod via Agency for EU installation of the
Stockton Creek to Capitol; funded Projects is second 66KV circuit
from capitol via congo the National and the
town to Paynesville; Authorizing construction of the
construction of Office (NAO) Congo town
congotown substation; Substation still
ongoing.
 connection of 37,000
customers.

CLSG RE Construction of MV and No Contract N/A USD 24M  Received No

Low Voltage Lines using Signed Objection on the
both the Shield wire RFQ for the
technology and procurement of
Conventional MV. two project
Consideration will be vehicles
given to villages with 3 km  Completed Bid
on both sides of the evaluation for COI,
transmission line for the Submitted short
shield wire technology. listing to the Bank
for No objection
RIA  No Objection
Corridor received for the
(LEEAP) TOR and REOI for
the design
engineer
 Loan agreement
scheduled to be
signed
18 Extension of Medium and The Construction Wilkins USD  Completed the
Commu Low Voltage Network in of 22 kV Network Engineering 1,000,000 erection and
nities some communities under and LV in SKD Ltd. dressing of 76 pcs
the most famous 18 Boulevard, Lower of Medium Voltage
communities’ project. Johnsonville, poles across the
Excluding Meter New Georgia seven listed
installations. Gulf, Fredrick communities
Island /New  Erected 858 pcs
Matadi Estate, out of 1,100 pcs of
Pagos Island, Low Voltage poles
Borbor Island to be erected in
 and Kesselly seven different
Boulevard, communities
Communities  Completed the
Stringing of 22Kv
lines
 Mounting of
Transformers, the
erection of
addition Low
Voltage poles and
the stringing of
Low Voltage lines
pending

Environmental issues;
LACEEP (PAYNESVILLE-KAKATA CORRIDOR)

 Performed a ROW verification exercise with MPW Zoning team along the LACEEP Paynesville-Kakata corridor and resolved
some outstanding issues with PAPs.
 Conducted a two-day monitoring exercise of current project activities implemented by MBH and Zhongmei (Project
contractors) along the Paynesville-Kakata corridor to ensure environmental, social safeguard, health and safety procedures are
met in accordance with the Environmental and Social Management Plan of LACEEP.
 Participated in a meeting between China Harbor Engineering Company (Project Contractor for HFO facility construction);
Project Supervisors from MLME & LEC and the environmental team to discuss the overall action leading to the commissioning
of the site, outstanding activities, punch list, detailed demobilization plan etc.
 Participated in a project walk through the HFO facility with China Harbor Engineering Company to identify outstanding work
activities prior to the commissioning of the site and prepared/submitted a brief observations/recommendations on
environmental issues to the Project Supervisor to be added to the punch list.
  Prepared and submitted to the World Bank and LEC management a Back to Office Report that summarizes the discussions from
an environmental management training programme held at the Galilee International Management Institute in Israel, from
March 22nd to April 4th, 2017.
 Monitored the current excavation work at the Paynesville Substation and provided recommendations to the Project Contractor
to prevent potential negative impacts to the environment.

LACEEP-AF (PAYNESVILLE-BOMI-GRAND CAPE MOUNT)

 Participated in a Skype meeting with the RAP consultant (Multiconsult) to address and clarify some concerns raised by
Multiconsult on the LACEEP-AF RAP, including their request for detailed corridor staking chart.
 Conducted a three-days site visit to seven substations; Bushrod, Kru Town, Capitol, Paynesville, Congo Town, Stockton Creek,
and Gardnerville to monitor and gather information on the status of waste disposal as well as provide appropriate
recommendations for proper waste management procedures.

Plan of Activities
• Continue monitoring implementation of all contracts
• An additional Three Phase 40MVA Oil Immersed Transformer-IEC Standard 60076-1 and OTN type, has since been supply by
ELTEL Network. The installation of this all important Transformer which is intended to reinforce the 66KV Network from
Bushrod Substation throughout the entire network, has been completed, pending terminations and testing
• Concluded with Zhongmei on the customer connection commencement
• Still liaising with MLME representatives to ensure that the remaining PAPs of LACEEP are verified and compensated for land,
structures, and tree crops;
• Liaising with LEC Program Coordinators and the MPW to ensure that outstanding grievances impeding the construction of
tower foundations are resolved;
• Monitoring of construction activities at Paynesville-Kakata corridor to ensure that environmental and social safeguard
provisions are met in accordance with the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) of LACEEP
• Work with procurement department in all procurement related activities for CLSG RE and LEEAP (RIA and Pleebo-Fishtown)
• Network Expansion Planning for communities not covered in any projects (communities expansion)
 • Upgrading Network diagram
• Conclusion of land acquisition for the Stockton Creek Substation
 ELTEL fan upgrade
 ELTEL Paynesville Substation Expansion (outage required)
 Large Customer Connections to include Beer Factory
 Street lights
 Still developing Terms of Reference for the recruitment of the owner’s engineers for CLSG RE and LEEAP
 We are concluding preparation of designs for commercial offices in Kakata and staffing plan; set up IT infrastructure
 Work Plan for LACEEP AF
 Planning in house capacity building for our staffs

Basic Needs

• Basic environmental equipment to monitor and report the impact of power projects on water, soil, air, and noise;
• Additional (2) vehicles to enhance monitoring and evaluation of all projects
• Measuring wheels
• 3-Phase Power Analyzer
• GPS
• Multi-meter and Decameter