Art. 2 para. 29 Dir 2009-72 - energy efficiency-demand-side management’

‘energy efficiency/demand-side management’ means a global or integrated approach aimed at influencing the amount and timing of electricity consumption in order to reduce primary energy consumption and peak loads by giving precedence to investments in energy efficiency measures, or other mea­sures, such as interruptible supply contracts, over invest­ments to increase generation capacity, if the former are the most effective and economical option, taking into account the positive environmental impact of reduced energy con­sumption and the security of supply and distribution cost aspects related to it;