Liberia energy assistance program (LEAP) : final report

Awarded on October 3, 2006, the LEAP contract included provision for two option years, one of which was exercised. The contract terminated on March 1, 2009. Under LEAP, IRG and its partners provided technical assistance in the areas of energy policy, institutional strengthening, rural energy development, and prepaid metering pilot projects in two peri-urban areas of Liberia"s capital, Monrovia. Procurement completed under the project included equipment for the transmission and distribution system build out in Monrovia, customer connections equipment for new customers of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), solar photovoltaic (PV) systems for rural pilot projects, and a prepaid metering system for pilot project customers. The final contract value totaled $10,941,522; $4.5 million of the budget was dedicated to procurement of customer connections equipment, goods for the buildout of the transmission and distribution system in Monrovia, and equipment for the pilot projects. (Author abstract)