This article focuses on the Liberia Electricity Corporation’s preparedness to supply sustainable, uninterrupted electricity during the dry season. In short, the current management team at the LEC has initiated a concerted transformation, aiming at overcoming the chronic outages and load shedding during the dry season. Coffee’s two new turbines under consideration (raising its capacity toward 150 MW), LEC is developing a 20 MW solar farm at the same site, expected to be commissioned in early 2026. Expanded Power Imports and Thermal CapacityTo sustain the supply, Liberia has also tapped into regional and independent power producers (IPPs). With still much to do, the Management’s preparedness, sustained political commitment, and continued donor backing, Liberia’s electricity supply is now in much stronger shape for the dry season than at any point in the past decade.

Source: Front Page Africa January 09, 2026 19:05 UTC