About the report
The 2025 Energy Efficiency Programs Report provides a detailed picture of utility demand-side management (DSM) activities across Canada.
The report tracks these activities in provinces and territories through three main sections:
1. A review of utility DSM plans and portfolio benchmarks
2. A jurisdictional scan of demand flexibility initiatives
3. A jurisdictional scan of equity-oriented programs
The Programs report is published biennially, in alternating years to the Canadian Energy Efficiency Scorecard.
Authors
James Gaede
Director of Research
Katharine Turner
Research Associate, Energy Poverty
Alyssa Nippard
Provincial Policy Analyst
Key report findings
Efficiency Canada identified 30 utility demand flexibility programs and 76 equity-oriented utility demand-side management programs in Canada.
Active DSM plans constitute $5.8 billion in total committed investment and could deliver 69 petajoules of incremental energy savings over the years they are in place.
At the portfolio level, utilities exceeded their program budgets by approximately 20 per cent in 2024, spending just over $2 billion and saving over 25 petajoules of energy.