GWh/year (cumulative)

	F2004	F2005	F2006	F2007	F2008	F2009
Cumulative GWh/Year since F2004
Target	810	1,315	1,886	2,500	2,800	3,300
Actual	784	1,388	1,957	2,518	2,844
Cumulative GWh/Year since F2008
Target					300	700
Actual					326

Demand-Side Management (DSM) reflects the cumulative rate of annual electricity savings resulting from DSM activities such as energy conservation and efficiency, and load displacement.

Fiscal 2008 performance is higher than target. Industrial and Residential sectors performed strongly, this was partly reduced by lower GWh/year savings in the Commercial sector. The target values provided for savings since fiscal 2008 are preliminary; they will be updated as part of BC Hydro's Long-Term Acquisition Plan (LTAP) filing in the spring of 2008. As the business transitions to the new DSM plan starting in fiscal 2008 the savings since fiscal 2008 will need to be restated.

No direct benchmark data is available. Targets are developed as part of long term DSM planning which use the results from a Conservation Potential Review and research related to other DSM tools as benchmarks for achievable savings.