December 28, 2012, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) published its fee schedule for January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013, revising the previous schedule published December 30, 2011. The new schedule amends the URCA Application/Administration Fees, adding Studio Transmitter Link (STL) and Type Approval application/administration fees. The annual URCA fee for large operating license holders [greater than or equal to $0.5m annual relevant turnover], including individual and class operating licensees requiring registration will be 1.075% of annual relevant turnover in 2013, compared to the 1.22% fee for 2012. The new schedule also adds annual spectrum fees for bandwidth…
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="200"] URCA CEO, Hon Khaalis Rolle, OOCUR Chairman[/caption] The tenth annual conference of the Organisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR) was hosted in The Bahamas by the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA). Held last week over the three-day November 7th – 9th period, the conference attracted 73 participants from countries throughout the Caribbean, as well as the United States, the United Kingdom, Ghana and Nigeria. The theme for the tenth conference was “Utility Regulation in the Caribbean: A case for Harmonisation of Approaches to Regulation”. Conference papers covered a range of subject areas related to the…
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority’s (URCA) will host the Tenth Annual Conference of the Organisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR), from Wednesday November 7th to Friday November 9th at the Grand Lucayan Resort in Freeport, Grand Bahama. Under the theme Utility Regulation in the Caribbean: A Case of the Harmonization of Approaches to Regulation, the conference will be opened by the Hon. Khaalis Rolle, Minster of State for Investments. This occasion is a particularly special one for OOCUR, which in July of this year, marked its tenth anniversary. The regional non-profit organisation was established on July 26th in 2002,…
The deadline to respond to the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority's (URCA) consultative document on Cable Bahamas Limted's (CBL) application to increase the price of its basic cable television package is 5:00 p.m. (EST) Friday October 19, 2012. A copy of the document may be obtained via the following link, https://urcabahamas.bs/publications.php?cmd=view&id=144&pre=y, or by visiting the "Publications" section of URCA's website. Persons may send their responses via email to info@urcabahamas.bs, by fax to 242 393 0153, by traditional mail to P. O. Box N 4860 or by hand to URCA's offices on East Bay Street, in the UBS Annex Building. This…
