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The MCC Compact supports LWSC provide safe drinking water to Monrovia and surroundings. The Compact funds the rehabilitation of the Raw Water Pipeline that runs 3.1 KM from the Mt. Coffee Hydro Power Plant to the White Plain Water Treatment Plant. The 48- inch diameter pipeline is a big improvement on the pre-war 36-inch diameter pipeline. The rehabilitated pipeline costs US$ 18M and will provide water to about 1.1 M people in Monrovia. The pipeline draws water from the Hydro to the White plain treatment plant without using electricity, saving LWSC US$ 130,000 monthly fuel cost for pumping water into Monrovia and surroundings. The pipeline will use gravity flow, cutting down the salt intrusion into the LWSC water system making it much safer for drinking.

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The Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission is part of the MCC Compact support to reform the Electricity sector. It was created by the New Electricity Law of Liberia passed by the National Legislature in 2015. Specifically, the Compact supports the standing up of the LERC. The compact pays salaries for LERC staff, procures office space, equipment and furniture. LERC will develop guidelines for electricity suppliers that guarantee health, safety and environmental standards in supplying electricity to homes and communities. It will review and monitor the safety standards of electricity supply. LERC will issue licenses to electricity suppliers, making sure suppliers meet all requirements of quality supply and services and set prices for electricity, not the suppliers themselves. One other key function of the LERC is that it gives voice to electricity customers. They will participate in managing the electricity sector by consulting with LERC and advising on issues affecting them. Customers, for the first time in Liberia, will have an independent forum, the LERC to file complaints against electricity suppliers for any wrong. LERC will also support efforts to fight power theft by arresting and prosecuting anyone using electricity without paying the bill.

Under the energy project, the compact funds the construction of a state of the art Training Center for the Liberia Electricity Corporation. The idea is that with the hydro generating electricity, LEC will need trained work force to manage the public utility. The LEC Training Center will produce trained electricians, customer service staff, financial managers and administrators to manage the electricity sector. Trained electricians reduce deaths and damages caused by fires from illegal and improper connections to homes. Trained electricians promote safety in homes and communities. Trained electricians reduce illegal connections and power theft. Trained customer service staff more timely attend to customers` queries and rained financial managers and administrators will make LEC efficient and profitable.