Formal electricity services are solely provided by the state-owned Liberia Electricity Corporation, which operates a small grid almost exclusively in the Greater Monrovia District.[1] The vast majority of electric energy services is provided by small privately owned generators. At $0.54 per kWh, the electricity tariff in Liberia is among the highest in the world. Total installed capacity in 2013 was 20 MW, a sharp decline from a peak of 191 MW in 1989.[1]
Electricity access in Liberia’s urban areas is 34% and in rural areas it is almost 0%.[2][3] Around 21% of total electricity production came from renewable energy sources in 2010.[4] Liberia has the potential to further develop its wind, solar, and hydroelectric energy resources.[5] The country aims to generate 75% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.[6]
Completion of the repair and expansion of the Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant, with a maximum capacity of 80 MW, is scheduled to be completed by 2018,[7] while construction of three new heavy fuel oil power plants is expected to boost electrical capacity by 38 MW.[8] In 2013, Liberia began importing power from neighboring Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea through the West African Power Pool.[9]
