Demand-Side Management in China's Restructured Power Industry : How Regulation and Policy Can Deliver Demand-Side Management Benefits to a Growing Economy and a Changing Power System
China expects its gross domestic product in 2020 to be four times that of 2000. Limits on energy resources and China's environmental needs require that electricity use grow at a much lower rate than the economy. Demand-side management (DSM) is...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6743254/demand-side-management-chinas-restructured-power-industry-regulation-policy-can-deliver-demand-side-management-benefits-growing-economy-changing-power-system http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18000 |
| Summary: | China expects its gross domestic product
in 2020 to be four times that of 2000. Limits on energy
resources and China's environmental needs require that
electricity use grow at a much lower rate than the economy.
Demand-side management (DSM) is a critical component of
China's sustainable development. It is a set of tools
and practices taken by utilities to influence the amount
and/or timing of customers' energy demand in order to
utilize scarce electric supply resources most efficiently.
DSM is a proven method of meeting economic goals in an
environmentally sustainable way, and it is also a fast and
effective way to address power shortages. This report
reviews China's experience with DSM, explores the
barriers to and the potential for new demand-side
investment, and examines successful DSM strategies in other
countries. It suggests the near-and long-term regulatory and
government policies needed to support substantial new
investment in comprehensive, cost-effective programs for
end-use efficiency and load management. |
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