Six National Departments Jointly Issue New Measures for Electricity Demand-side Reform

On September 27, 2023, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and the National Energy Administration released the Notice on Issuing the Measures for Electricity Demand-side Management (2023 Edition) (the “Measures”).

The Measures have 54 articles in nine chapters, and propose to further strengthen technology research and development and promotion in the fields of demand response, electric energy substitution, energy conservation, green electricity use, intelligent electricity use, and orderly electricity use.