Media Releases & Notices

The purpose of this notice is to assess demand for HDS from interested sectoral providers as required in the Regulatory Authority (Grant of Spectrum Licences Permits and Exempted Frequencies) General Determination 2020 (Spectrum GD). The Spectrum GD specifies that, upon receipt of a Qualified Application for HDS, the Regulatory Authority (RA) shall assess the availability of the requested HDS spectrum against overall demand by publishing a Notice of Interest (Notice) on its website and in the Official Gazette. Additionally, the RA has received a request to consider re-organization of two HDS spectrum ranges to allow linear/contiguous use of larger blocks to permit more efficient and robust 4G or 5G channel usage. This Notice will allow sectoral participants to provide feedback on this proposal.

The Regulatory Authority of Bermuda (RA) proudly announces the launch of its latest initiative, the 4Bermuda campaign. Designed to showcase the RA's relentless commitment to its core mandates, the campaign highlights the organisation's pivotal role within Bermuda. The 4Bermuda campaign embodies the RA's dedication to championing fair competition, protecting consumer rights, promoting economic development, and encouraging innovation and investment.

The RA will hold two additional town hall meetings on the potential of offshore wind farms.

The RA invites the public to hear about preliminary results on the offshore wind farm study.

The RA is inviting the public and other interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Report for the Review of the Retail Tariff Methodology GD.

The RA's statement on the Digicel/BTC fixed telephony network outage.

The RA restates its remit in response to recent public assertions.

The RA has released its statement on the island-wide power outage from February 3, 2023.

The the RA has today announced that effective January 1, 2023, approximately 85% of all customers classes will experience a decrease in the 2023 Retail Tariff, which is part of the BELCO bill.

The Board of Commissioners of the RA is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2023, Mr. Abayomi Carmichael will assume the role of Chief Executive of the RA.

The RA is inviting the public and other interested parties to comment on its proposed Retail Tariff policies for the following initiatives: Retail Tariff Design Restructuring Report and Review of the Retail Tariff Methodology Consultation.

The RA is inviting the public and other interested parties to comment on proposed methodologies under consideration for calculating the Feed-in Tariff (“FiT”).

In response to public outcries regarding ongoing soot emissions in the local community, the Regulatory Authority of Bermuda (‘the RA’) cautions BELCO about purposely misleading the public.

The Regulatory Authority has issued a Large Scale Self Supply Licence to Stuart Gentry, on behalf of SAIL GP.

The Regulatory Authority of Bermuda issues a Consultation to receive feedback from the public on its “Review of the Electricity Sector” in Bermuda.

The RA has issued a notice requesting that BELCO submit an IRP proposal by 15th February 2018.