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Data 002 HIRING: ERCOT Load Forecasting Senior Planning Analyst One of our forecasting clients, ERCOT, is looking for a Senior Planning Analyst preferably with at least 5 years of experience....

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iStock 1059202220 Holidays Are No Vacation for the Load Forecaster Summer has arrived. While your friends are frolicking at the beach, you are struggling in a darkened cubicle to ensure that the...

Itron 765x500 How Comverge is Using Machine Learning to Improve Demand Response Forecasts This blog was originally posted on Comverge.com. Itron acquired Comverge on June 1, 2017, and  all future...

iStock 1210719876 How to Account for COVID-19 in Your Load Forecast There are unprecedented load forecasting effects due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 26, Itron’s forecasting team will discuss...

iStock 1153657433 I Get by With a Little Help from My Friends, and Google It almost goes without saying that most utilities have seen a noticeable deviation in their electricity sales in 2020 due...

puzzle 654963_960_720 Ignore Missing Option The Sum function in MetrixND seems like a complex way to make adding difficult. In a MetrixND transformation, numbers are added by joining variables with...

EnergyForecasting_iStock 17 Impact of Climate Change on Long-Term Electricity Demand The next Itron Forecasting Brown Bag for 2020 will be hosted on Tuesday, June 16 and is entitled "Impact of...

IHaveThePower I Have the Power In econometrics generally and energy modeling specifically, variables in equations often include an exponent. In econometrics generally and energy modeling...

iStock 1206946412 If It Were Not for the Data, Everything Would Be Great I recently developed a set of 15-minute load forecast models when I noticed something odd in the pattern of the MAPEs (Mean...

Itron 765x500 Improving Net Load Renewable Portfolio Standard requirements and decreasing costs of photovoltaics (PV) are resulting in significant amounts of solar PV systems being installed in...

iStock 1124604407 Improving Efficiency and Accuracy with Forecasting in the Cloud In today’s increasingly dynamic energy market, it is important for utilities to have access to accurate and timely...

data2 Improving Financial Analysis with AMI Data Smart meter data is more granular and more timely than monthly billing data. Access to this data supports a paradigm shift in forecasting processes,...

Electric Vehicle_2 Integrating Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) into Long-term Circuit-level Forecasts Are you concerned about the rapid growth of newer distributed energy resources (DERs) such...

Itron 765x500 Itron Leads Industry in Energy Forecasting Meeting Highlights Issues and Solutions for ISOs and RTOs At the start of May, over 20 representatives from 11 different U.S. and Canadian...

San Diego In-Person Forecasting Training Workshops Are Back! Itron is excited to bring back two different in-person, hands-on training workshops this fall! Itron is excited to bring back two...

2021_Annual_Energy_Forecasting_Group_Meeting Itron's 2021 Annual Energy Forecasting Group Meeting Truth be told, I would rather be in New Orleans eating beignets and discussing issues with the best...

Forecasting_COVID_Impact Itron's 2021 Forecasting Benchmarking Survey & COVID-19 Impact COVID-19’s impact on energy consumption is not a secret.  Since the pandemic began, we’ve watched electric...

wind_solar Itron’s Integrated Energy Forecasting Framework In today’s marketplace, incorporating the multitude of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) can make producing an accurate energy demand...

iStock 1015887056 Itron’s Michael Rufo Receives IEPEC’s Lifetime Achievement Award Itron’s Michael Rufo, an executive consultant with the Consulting and Analysis group, was recently honored with...