NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS (01 October 2021) The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) announced that it has finalized the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Scheme for the Electricity Sector (ES). The ADR Scheme applies specifically to licensees who have been issued a Public Electricity Supplier License (“PESL”), Authorised Public Electricity Supplier License (“APESL”), or Independent Power Producer License (“IPPL”). In accordance with the Electricity Act, 2015 (EA), URCA is mandated to establish an ADR scheme to resolve disputes between licensees and independent power producers. Through various drafts and consultation, the Regulator is pleased to publish the ADR Scheme for use. As…
For Immediate Release NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS (30 July 2021) The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has today published on its website the Final Determination on its Review of Draft Wholesale Dedicated Internet Access Reference Offers from BTC and CBL under Sections 39 and 40 of the Communications Act, 2009 (ECS 10/2021). On 8 September 2020, URCA issued a Final Determination on its review of wholesale broadband access services (ECS 13/2020). In that document, URCA determined that regulation of price and non-price terms was needed for the Point of Presence based (PoP-based) Wholesale Dedicated Internet Access (WDIA) services offered by…
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority, URCA on 9 July 2021 released its Statement of Results and Final Decision on the consultation document on the addendum to the Market Information Reporting Requirements for Specified Licensees in the Electronic Communications Sector (ECS 16/2020), published on 20 November 2020. The consultation stems from URCA’s authority under sections 8(1)(k) and (I) and section 5 of the Communications Act, 2009 (the “Comms Act”) and relevant license conditions relating to market information. Simultaneously with the publication of the Statement of Results and Final Decision, URCA also publishes its “Market Information Reporting Requirements for Specified Licensees…
For Immediate Release Today, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (‘URCA’) published on its website the draft reference offers from BTC and CBL for their point of presence based wholesale dedicated internet access (‘WDIA’) services along with URCA’s consultation document ECS 02/2021. This represents the implementation stage of the obligations set out in the Final Determination on the Review of Wholesale Broadband Access Services under Sections 39 and 40 of the Communications Act, 2009. URCA now invites interested parties to review and comment on both the price and non-price terms for WDIA services proposed by BTC and CBL in their…
