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Survey Results 2022 Energy Forecasting Survey Results Overview Itron’s forecasting group has finished compiling the results of their Annual Energy Survey. Itron’s forecasting group has finished...

Itron 765x500 Annual Energy Survey Itron’s forecasting group recently launched their Annual Energy Survey. As we have done in previous years, Itron is collecting information to assess industry...

EnergySurveyResults Annual Energy Survey Report Results Itron’s Forecasting group has conducted webinars on a variety of forecasting and load research-based topics for many years and continues to...

iStock 1143391583 April 23 Update: Latest Trends in Estimated Load Impacts of COVID-19 Mitigation Policies This data is for: March 22, 2020 - April 18, 2020 As previously mentioned in the...

iStock 1047502598 Averaging the Weather First or Averaging the Energy Forecast There is a question that has long vexed me: If we calculate a normal series of weather variables by averaging them...

solar Behind-The-Meter Solar Generation and Real-Time Load Forecasting Recently, I was invited to speak at a California Energy Commission (CEC) sponsored workshop on Research Needs for Renewable...

iStock 1155116670 Annual Forecasting Benchmark Survey Results Our third seminar of the year reveals the results of our annual benchmarking survey. This survey has been conducted since 2012 and...

Forecasting Survey Results Itron's Annual Forecasting Benchmark Survey Results Since 2012, Itron’s forecasting group has been conducting an annual benchmarking survey that reports a broad picture...

graph1 1024x495 Are SAE Models Accurate? If you follow Itron’s forecasting work, you know that we’ve employed Statistically Adjusted End Use (SAE) models since the early 2000’s. To date, almost 60...

iStock 1211443622 Aug. 5 Update: Latest Trends in Estimated Load Impacts of COVID-19 Mitigation Policies on North American and European Electricity Consumption This data is for March through July...

iStock_000025663183Large Behind-The-Meter Solar Generation and Real-Time Load Forecasting – Part 2 In part on of this series, I presented four load forecasting challenges that have arisen as the...

Solar_panels_on_a_roof Behind-The-Meter Solar Generation and Real-Time Load Forecasting – Part 3 In my blog posting “Behind-The-Meter Solar Generation and Real-Time Load Forecasting,” I presented...

survey Brown Bag Session: The Latest Energy Trends Join us on Tuesday, Sept. 11 for our third Brown Bag seminar of the year as we reveal the results of our annual bench-marking survey. We are...

growth Calculating an Average Annual Growth Rate in MetrixND After finishing my forecast, I like to present forecast average annual growth rates. These results are calculated by converting the...

weather2 Capped vs. Uncapped Degree Days In energy modeling, we often utilize spline variables to capture the non-linear relationship between consumption and temperature. These variables typically...

iStock 1155116670 1 Annual Energy Forecasting Survey Itron’s forecasting group just launched their Annual Energy Survey. As we have done in previous years, we collect information to assess industry...

forecasters meeting Common Challenges at the Energy Forecasters Meeting Turning to her left, then right, Grace finds herself surrounded by strangers – men and women from across the United States;...

Itron 765x500 Comparison of Peak Forecasting Methods Brown Bag Seminar Recap On Tuesday, March 24, we held our first brown bag seminar of the year, “Comparison of Peak Forecasting Methods,” which...

sky clouds blue horizon Computing a Weighted Average Wind Speed and Wind Direction Across Multiple Weather Stations "Often when we are developing weather variables to support day-ahead power and...

forecasting3 Creating a Nonlinear Growth Variable I love straight lines. After all, the fastest route between any two points is a straight line. But in forecasting, going from point A to point B...