Scope and Objectives In the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 8(1)(d) of the Communications Act, 2009,the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (“URCA”) hereby issues these Regulations relating to the reporting and mitigation of Outages affecting Public Electronic Communications Networks and Public Electronic Communication Services in The

The Bahamas Telecommunication Company (“BTC”) has reviewed the Utilities Regulations and Competition Authority’s (“URCA”) Electricity Sector (“ES”) Consultation Document Standard for Power Quality and Reliability in Electric Power Systems, ES 06/2023, issued 27 September 2023 (the “ES QoS CD”). Due to the importance of power quality and reliability to BTC’s

BPL notes URCA’s objectives in undertaking the implementation of rules that outline the minimum technical standards for electricity supply. BPL is in agreement with URCA that such standards will assist in mitigating the inherent risks associated with the production of electricity. BPL recognizes that the now repealed Electricity Act, Chapter

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

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