Enhancing power demand side management and relieving the contradiction of demand and supply for power

Power demand side management (DSM) is a system engineering involving government, power enterprise and customer. Based on the experience and the better results obtained in DSM domestic and international, the connotation, feasibility, technical means of power DSM and the problems existing while fulfilling DSM at present and countermeasures were researched and discussed in the paper. If DSM is actually strengthened, and if the effective technique and police's support is given, the unfavorable situation of the national power demand and supply contradiction can be solved by taking better use of electric capacity national at present.