In the matter of: Suspected Breach of Licence Conditions 9, and 17.2 and Sections 25 and 26 under the Electricity Act, 2015 (ES 05/2018) The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has today published a Consultation Document, which addresses suspected breaches in relation to BPL's obligation to furnish a renewable electricity plan and procedures for the procurement of utility scale renewable electricity generation within a defined period. This Public Consultation Document is listed under the above-captioned title as ES 05/2018 on URCA's website, www.urcabahamas.bs The objectives of this consultation document are as follows: Set out the legal framework under which…
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has today published a Final Determination and Order to the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. (‘BTC’) and Be Aliv Limited (‘Aliv’) (the Parties) relating to their interconnection rate dispute which was submitted to URCA by BTC on 15 August 2017. By way of background, Aliv’s mobile phone numbers are non-geographic. Therefore, numbers cannot be used to identify the point of call origination from Aliv’s mobile network. BTC contended that this makes it difficult for BTC to measure the volume of intra- and inter-island traffic from Aliv's subscribers to BTC's fixed subscribers and apply the…
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (“URCA”) issues this Statement of Results and Final Decision on its “Consultation on: Types of Licences and Exemptions for The Electricity Sector in The Bahamas – ES 05/2017” document (“the Consultation Document”) in exercise of its powers under section 38(3)(c) of the Electricity Act, 2015 (“EA”). URCA published the Consultation Document on 16 August 2017, and established 25 September 2017 as the closing date for the submission of responses. URCA did not receive comments from any industry stakeholders at the initial close date for responses and therefore extended the deadline to 31 October 2017…
On 12 December 2016, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) published a Preliminary Determination and Initial Decision (ES 04/2016[1]) in respect of its Review and Proposed Revision to Bahamas Power and Light Limited’s (BPL) Small-Scale Renewable Generation Plan (SSRG). This document constitutes URCA’s Statement of Results and Final Determination to the Public Consultation. URCA, as the independent regulator for the Electricity Sector (ES) in The Bahamas, issues this Statement of Results and Final Determination pursuant to section 38(3)(a) of the Electricity Act, 2015 (EA). The Electricity Act confers on URCA the power to implement the National Energy Policy (NEP)…
