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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _load_json_config(self):
 """Load the configuration file in JSON format :rtype: dict """

        try:
            return json.loads(self._read_config())
        except ValueError as error:
            raise ValueError(
                'Could not read configuration file: {}'.format(error))