The Energy Market Authority (EMA) launched a two-year Demand Side Management (DSM) Sandbox from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024 to enhance participation in the Demand Response (DR) and Interruptible Load (IL) programmes by lowering the compliance thresholds and penalty amount for DR to encourage more commercial and industrial companies to optimise their energy usage. 

From 1 January 2025, EMA determined that the DSM Sandbox will continue with modifications to the DR regulatory sandbox until EMC is ready to roll out the system changes required for permanent modifications to the DR programme, while the measures implemented under the IL regulatory sandbox is discontinued.

The table below shows the refunds made to LRFs under the DSM Post-Sandbox for the first half of 2025.