Bo City to Experience Temporary Blackout as Transmission Line Upgrade Begins

Bo City and several surrounding communities are expected to experience a temporary electricity outage today as authorities commence major upgrade works on the 66-kilovolt transmission line, a project aimed at improving power supply in southern and eastern Sierra Leone.
The planned interruption is part of efforts to strengthen the country’s connection to the Côte d’Ivoire-Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea (CLSG) regional power network and enhance the reliability of electricity distribution across the region.
According to Dr Ing. Edmund Dakona Wuseni, General Project Coordinator for donor-funded projects at the Ministry of Energy, the temporary blackout is necessary to allow engineers to replace ageing transformers and install modern equipment on the transmission network.