Implementation 2012 Ongoing Rating: Low Program & Donor Description: Delay or short-fall in donor funding: Risk Management: To date, since project implementation, the only delay has been in the There are a number of donors with an interest in the effectiveness of LESEP, which was due to the judicial procedures of the GoL. During that energy sector and their objectives are well aligned with time period, Norwegian aid continued to provide pre-financing to ensure milestones were the project. Delay in financing, for example by the achieved by the management contractor. The Bank team will continue to engage with the Government of Norway, could delay the overall results donors in order to ensure timing of interventions is well coordinated. expected under the Management Contract, but would not necessarily impact the implementation of the Bank-funded components. Stage: Status: Resp: Bank Due Date: Ongoing Implementation Ongoing Rating: Moderate Delivery Monitoring & Sustainability Description: Unclear responsibilities for management Risk Management: A Bank-financed feasibility study has been completed, and looked at Facilities the different alternatives to propose a suitable routing of the HFO pipeline and location of of future HFO pipeline and storage facilities: associated to pipe and store HFO have been destroyed the storage tanks. Government finalization of the rehabilitation plan is still ongoing, but during the civil war. As a result, HFO cannot be landed in it is anticipated to be a public-private partnership, with the Bank supporting the Liberia. The reconstruction of the facility is being rehabilitation of tanks and pipeline on the LEC side. While there remains an uncertainty financed under the LESEP project, and LEC will act as as to who will be responsible for this facility, it is mitigated with the help of the ongoing implementing agency. However, it is not clear which rehabilitation plan, which should resolve this issue. The project will benefit from the entity would own and operate the delivery infrastructure. results of a feasibility study that will analyze two technologies HFO-fired of dual-diesel plant in order to estimate the financial gains of both options and evaluate the readiness on the implementation of the HFO handling and storage facilities. Stage: Status: Resp: Client Due Date: Ongoing Implementation Ongoing Description: Delays in implementation. The main risk is Risk Management: Under the LESEP project, the World Bank has undertaken close delays in the implementation of the project activities due project supervision to ensure that delays in implementation are minimized. The same
Implementation 2012 Ongoing Program & Donor Rating: Low Description: Delay or short-fall in donor funding: There are a number of donors with an interest in the energy sector and their objectives are well aligned with the project. Delay in financing, for example by the Government of Norway, could delay the overall results expected under the Management Contract, but would not necessarily impact the implementation of the Bank-funded components. Risk Management: To date, since project implementation, the only delay has been in the effectiveness of LESEP, which was due to the judicial procedures of the GoL. During that time period, Norwegian aid continued to provide pre-financing to ensure milestones were achieved by the management contractor. The Bank team will continue to engage with the donors in order to ensure timing of interventions is well coordinated. Resp: Bank Stage: Implementation Due Date: Ongoing Status: Ongoing Delivery Monitoring & Sustainability Rating: Moderate Description: Unclear responsibilities for management of future HFO pipeline and storage facilities: Facilities associated to pipe and store HFO have been destroyed during the civil war. As a result, HFO cannot be landed in Liberia. The reconstruction of the facility is being financed under the LESEP project, and LEC will act as implementing agency. However, it is not clear which entity would own and operate the delivery infrastructure. Risk Management: A Bank-financed feasibility study has been completed, and looked at the different alternatives to propose a suitable routing of the HFO pipeline and location of the storage tanks. Government finalization of the rehabilitation plan is still ongoing, but it is anticipated to be a public-private partnership, with the Bank supporting the rehabilitation of tanks and pipeline on the LEC side. While there remains an uncertainty as to who will be responsible for this facility, it is mitigated with the help of the ongoing rehabilitation plan, which should resolve this issue. The project will benefit from the results of a feasibility study that will analyze two technologies HFO-fired of dual-diesel plant in order to estimate the financial gains of both options and evaluate the readiness on the implementation of the HFO handling and storage facilities. Resp: Client Stage: Implementation Due Date: Ongoing Status: Ongoing Description: Delays in implementation. The main risk is delays in the implementation of the project activities due Risk Management: Under the LESEP project, the World Bank has undertaken close project supervision to ensure that delays in implementation are minimized. The same