Stakeholders Consultation on Quality Service Standards
The Independent Regulatory Commission, Dominica’s regulator for the electricity sector, has presented a draft set of Quality Service Standards for public consultation. The introduction of a Quality Standards regime will help to ensure that the principles of competition are maintained, even in our current situation where DOMLEC has been granted an exclusive licence to generate, transmit and distribute electricity in Dominica. Quality Service standards will: [list silver_arrow] bring DOMLEC’s operating efficiencies under scrutiny, mitigate against the common occurrence of service quality reduction in times of increasing costs or pressure to reduce costs compensate consumers for any breach of the guarantees …
Domlec, Website, Regulatory Advisor and Consumer Affairs
The Independent Regulatory Commission has recently contracted the services of Mr. J. Paul Morgan to serve it for a year as a Regulatory Consultant. His contract began on October 15, 2008 and runs through to November 14, 2009. Mr. Morgan is Jamaican and is an electrical engineer and a seasoned regulator. As an engineer he served in many senior positions with the electric utility of Jamaica (Jamaica Public Service) and the National Water Company of Jamaica from 1978 to 1994. As a regulator, Mr. Morgan served as Deputy Director General (Commissioner) of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) of Jamaica …
Consultant Reviews Domlec Rates & Tariff
The Independent Regulatory Commission contracted the services of Ms. Ester Montgomery of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as its Tariff Consultant to review Domlec’s rate and tariff making mechanism. This consultancy will begin on September 22, 2008 and will last approximately one month. The primary objective of the review is to identify revenue requirements of the Electric Utility and review the existing base tariff to ensure that it allows a commercially sustainable operation of the utility, while providing a cost effective service to the consumer. The review will also take a preliminary look at a potential tariff model that considers both …
Consultant Reviews Domlec Rates & Tariff
The Independent Regulatory Commission contracted the services of Ms. Ester Montgomery of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as its Tariff Consultant to review Domlec’s rate and tariff making mechanism. This consultancy will begin on September 22, 2008 and will last approximately one month. The primary objective of the review is to identify revenue requirements of the Electric Utility and review the existing base tariff to ensure that it allows a commercially sustainable operation of the utility, while providing a cost effective service to the consumer. The review will also take a preliminary look at a potential tariff model that considers both …
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