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URCA Publications

URCA Draft Annual Plan 2024 (URCA/2024)

The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (‘URCA’), in compliance with Section 41 of the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority Act, 2009 (‘URCA Act’), is pleased to present the Draft 2024 Annual Plan. This plan outlines URCA’s strategy for meeting the objectives of the Communications Act, 2009 (Comms Act) and the

Press Release – BPL Fuel Charge

Over the course of the past few months, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has received an increasing number of complaints from customers of Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) about high electricity bills. Part of URCA’s remit as the regulator for the electricity sector in The Bahamas is to

Press Release on Electronic Communications Outages

The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) is currently conducting an investigation of numerous outages in electronic communications services throughout The Bahamas in recent months. In August alone, there were significant outages in Andros, the Berry Islands, Exuma, Inagua, Mayaguana and Ragged Island. To date, services have been restored on

Audit Committee For The Year Ended 31 December 2022

URCA has published the Annual Report presented by the Audit Committee to the Board in accordance with Section 33 of the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority Act for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Request For Proposal – Consultant for Internal Audit Services

This request for proposal seeks to identify and appoint an independent consultant to provide internal audit service to maintain and support an effective internal control function. The proposed consultancy services will be provided for a three-year period, commencing 1 January 2024. The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority invites interested parties

Request For Proposal – Office Sound Reduction

The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) issues this Request for Proposals (RFP) to suitably qualified construction companies to provide cost proposals for sound reduction to an interior office of the URCA Frederick House Building, located on Frederick Street (“the Project”). All prospective RFP Respondents will be uploaded to URCA’S

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