ELECTRICITY BILL, 2024
25. URCA may meet with potential applicant or applicant.
(1) URCA may meet with —
(a) an individual, prior to the submission of an application, to discuss a
potential application; or
(b) an applicant, at any stage of the application process to discuss and
address any concerns URCA may have.
(2) Nothing discussed in a meeting held pursuant to subsection (1) shall
prejudice or limit any decision of URCA.
26. Grant and types of licences.
(1) Subject to this Act, URCA may grant —
(a) a public electricity supplier licence or an authorised public
electricity supplier licence to a person who has been granted an
approval in writing by the Approving Authority to construct and
operate an electricity supply system and perform GTDS functions
in the whole or part of a designated area in The Bahamas, inclusive
of the Port Area;
(b) an electricity generation licence to an independent power producer
approved by an approving authority and or a public electricity
supplier;
(c) an electricity transmission and distribution licence; and
(d) any other licence as URCA determines including, but not limited to,
a licence for temporary use, or, for testing or trial of a new
technology.
(2) URCA shall, prior to the grant of a licence under subsection (1)(a) and (b),
consult with the relevant approving authority.
27. Subsidiary undertakings of a licensee.
(1) URCA may grant a licence jointly to a named licensee and any subsidiary
undertaking of the named licensee included in the application for a licence
or notified to URCA from time to time.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a notification shall —
(a) be in writing;
(b) identify the area of supply and the location of the operations of the
subsidiary undertaking;
(c) be given to URCA where a subsidiary undertaking carries on an
activity referred to in section 23(1); and
(d) unless rejected by URCA, have effect thirty calendar days after the
date it is received by URCA.
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