Electricity Act No. 48 of 2015. Pays/Territoire Bahamas Type du document Législation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Extraordinary Official Gazette, 30 December 2015. Titre completAn Act to overhaul the energy sector and establish a sector policy governing the supply of electricity consistent with the goals of the National Energy Policy; to create an electricity supply regime that promotes diversification and competition in the generation, supply and distribution of electricity; to provide for the incorporation by The Bahamas electricity corporation of a subsidiary a d the transfer to the subsidiary of the functions of generation; transmission, distribution and supply of electricity; to establish the utilities regulation and competition authority as the independent regulator of the electricity sector; to modernize and consolidate the law relating to the supply of electricity and electrical installations; to repeal the Electricity Act, Chapter 194 and the Out Islands Electricity Act, Chapter 195 and for connected matters. Sujet Énergie Mot clé Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Législation de base Commerce/industrie/sociétés Certification Mise en application Protection du consommateur Cour/tribunaux Conservation de l'énergie/production de l'énergie Planification environnementale Infractions/sanctions Protection de l’environnement Énergie renouvelable Royalties/redevances Politique/planification Aire géographique Amériques, Caraïbes, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Atlantique Nord, Petits états insulaires en développement Entry into force notes This Act shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by notice published in the Gazette. Résumé The purposes of this Act are to: (I) create an electricity supply regime which recognizes that safe, least cost, reliable and environmentally sustainnble electricity is vital to the economic and social welfare of The Bahamas and encourages and promotes diversification in the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity; and energy efficiency, energy conservation, and the development arid use of renewable energy resources and technologies; (II) secure the long-term energy security of The Bahamas through the establishment of a legal and regulatory framework that ensures the provision of a safe, least cost, reliable and environmentally sustainable supply of electricity; and (III) establish an electricity sector policy for the supply of electricity throughout The Bahamas consistent and in accordance with the goals of the national energy policy. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.urcabahamas.bs