This document comprises a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) from suitably qualified legal practitioners, to provide legal services to the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA), on an as and when needed basis. The remainder of this RFP outlines the overall scope of external legal services which may be sought by URCA from time to time, sets out the basic requirements for a proposal in response to this RFP from interested Legal Practitioners, and outlines the evaluation criteria and process which will be used by URCA as the basis for empanelling practitioners. The objective of this RFP process is to identify…
13 December 2019 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE CODE OF PRACTICE FOR CONTENT REGULATION The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) today published its consultation document on its proposed revision to the Code of Practice for Content Regulation (“the Code”). The document includes URCA’s proposed revisions to Parts 6, 7 and 10 of the code which addresses Political Broadcasts and Political Advertisements, Advertising and Sponsorships, and the Complaints Handling Process. The revisions represent the combined work of URCA and the Content Regulation Industry Group (“CRIG”), a group of local broadcasters, which has been established under section…
6 December 2019 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE URCA issues final Determination and Order to Cable Bahamas Limited for Breaches of Retail Pricing Rules and Other Measures Today theUtilities Regulation and Competition Authority (‘URCA’) published a Final Determination and Order issued to Cable Bahamas Limited (‘CBL’) for breaches by CBL of the Consumer Protection Regulations and its Individual Operating Licence (IOL). On 14 June 2019, CBL replaced eight television channels, namely, USA, Freeform, TV Land, Sprout, Nicktoons, Hallmark, Independent Film Channel, and the Tennis Channel, from its REV TV line-up without giving customers the required advanced notice of the…
27 November 2019 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE URCA finds BPL to be in breach of its Public Electricity Service Licence and the Electricity Act, 2015 The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has found the Bahamas Power and Light Co Ltd (BPL) to be in breach of its Public Electricity Service Licence (PESL) and the Electricity Act of 2015 (EA) and has consequently fined the power company the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty-nine Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty-five Dollars and Thirty-four cents (B$229,535.34). On 26 November 2019 URCA issued a Final Determination and Order to BPL in accordance…
