The Department of Energy (DoE) is determined to move forward and resume the retail competition and open access (RCOA) scheme despite a temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court.

The DoE recently unveiled the RCOA draft guidelines, which calls for voluntary participation of contestable customers—with an average demand of at least 750 kilowatt (kW)—in the retail market and bring down consumption threshold to 500 kW.

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