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Itron 765x500 Accelerating the Integration of Variable Generation into the Electric Grid Recently, I was invited to speak at the Utility Variable Generation Integration Group Conference, which was...

Itron 765x500 European Utility Week 2014 Talks Smart Cities Exhibitions and sessions at the upcoming European Utility Week will highlight new demands for a sustainable future and offer the biggest...

IIoT Don’t Miss Itron and #IoTLive at #IoTWorld Itron is excited to yet again be participating and exhibiting at this year’s IoT World at the Santa Clara Convention Center on May 14-17. This event...

iStock 955763622 Industrial IoT Takes Center Stage at IoT World 2019 Next week, Itron heads to the IoT World Conference and Exhibition hosted May 13-16 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in...

smart city 6 Innovation in the Age of ‘Smart’ Tech Recently, I had the honor of speaking at the National Governors Association NGA winter meeting. For those who are unfamiliar with the NGA, it is a...

citygrid IoT at CES – More Than Just Buzz in the Energy Sector CES 2017 marks the 21st year since the term Internet of Things (IoT) was introduced. Since it first appeared in 1985, we have seen a...

Itron 765x500 Itron Brings Edge Intelligence to Internet of Things World Forum Itron Riva’s edge intelligence enables easy integration of third-party devices and real-time decision-making...

energy smart city IoT World Continued: Partner Engagement Demonstrated During IoT Live! Tour In last week’s blog post, we highlighted what we said on stage during IoT World. This week, we’re going...

Itron 765x500 Itron Highlights Collaboration with Microsoft on CityNext Initiative Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona During the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Sharelynn...

Itron 765x500 Itron Showcases New 4G LTE Smart Metering Solution at DistribuTECH 2015 As the world becomes increasingly more connected, continual communication and access to data are becoming more...

Itron 765x500 Smart City Vision Reaches the White House: Itron Joins Team of Partners to make Envision America a Reality Cities and utilities across the country are facing a broad range of pressing...

NGA panel Smarter States, Smarter Communities Itron President and CEO Philip Mezey recently spoke to the importance of creating smarter communities at two national conferences: the National...

EVblog The Connected World and Autonomous Cars @CES 2017 Day two at CES was all about the cars—self-driving cars—a.k.a. Autonomous Vehicles (AV). AVs will change transportation as we know it by...

robertoCES Virtual Reality, Tech, Tools and Smart Energy and Water @CES 2017 CES day one. It’s been a crazy day of taking in the latest and greatest gadgets and technology in Las Vegas. As usual,...

Image A Transforming Energy Networks and Enabling Applications with OpenWay Riva The second session we attended today was “Transforming Energy Networks and Enabling Applications with OpenWay Riva,”...

ScreenHunter_319 Apr 12th Annual Energy Forecasting Meeting It’s been a couple weeks since the 12th Annual Energy Forecasting Meeting taking place April 2-3, 2014. As I reflect on the two days...

Itron 765x500 12th Annual Energy Forecasting Meeting Approaches Next week Itron hosts the 12th Annual Energy Forecasting Meeting at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. On April 2-3, 2014, over 50...

Forecasting_Blog 3 2016 Energy Forecasters Meeting From May 18 to 20, 62 energy forecasters representing 42 companies from across North America gathered in Scottsdale, Arizona to discuss the latest...

people woman coffee meeting 2018 Important Meeting Dates – Mark Your Calendars! The Annual Energy Forecasting/EFG Meeting and Training will be in Austin, Texas on April 24-27 in 2018! The...

white house 2018 EFG Meeting Summary Sometimes when I sit back and consider all the things that need to be done, I feel overwhelmed. The endless demands for regular work—like producing the annual...

forecasters meeting 2018 Forecasting Workshop and Meeting Dates The 2018 Itron Forecasting Workshops and Meetings have been scheduled. Registration for 101 is currently open at...

EFG blog 2019 2019 Annual Energy Forecasting Meeting Two pre-conference classes. Three conference days. Eighteen industry presentations. Forty-nine companies. Sixty-nine attendees. These are the...

iStock 1167706595 2019 Benchmarking Survey The end of October brings something for everyone. Fall foliage for adults, Halloween candy for children and Itron’s Annual Benchmarking Survey results for...

iStock 1162351835 scaled 2020 Forecasting Meetings – Registration Now Open! The 18th annual Energy Forecasting/EFG Meeting will be in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 22 – April 24 with optional...

Electric Vehicle Forecasting Blog 2023 Free Forecasting Brown Bags: Electric Vehicle Load Shapes Itron’s Forecasting group has conducted webinars on a variety of forecasting and load research-based...

2019 calendar 2019 Forecasting Conferences – Register Today! The 17th annual Energy Forecasting/EFG Meeting and Training will be hosted in Boston, Massachusetts on April 3-5 with optional one-day...

iStock 1159740429 2021 Annual Energy Forecasting Virtual Webinars Itron's regularly scheduled in-person Annual Energy Forecasting Meeting and Workshops in New Orleans have been rescheduled to April...

2022 Annual Energy Forecasting Virtual Webinars 2022 Annual Energy Forecasting Virtual Webinars Itron is hosting several webinars throughout the originally planned in-person event dates (April...

EV A Consumer’s Perspective – Residential Solar with an Electric Vehicle Recently, I wrote a blog on residential solar. In it, I mentioned that I needed at least a 6 kW system, but I installed a...

Winter Storm A Perfect Storm of Uncertainty Late in December 2022, much of the U.S. and Canada experienced a bomb cyclone, of which the most striking feature is a precipitous drop in temperature....

formulas A Few Thoughts on P-Values I recently read an article about P-Values that led to some discussion with my Itron colleagues, along with some thoughts on the matter. In the context of...

grandview1 A Grand View The view from the 96th floor of the John Hancock Center is amazing. From here, cars are merely dots between the straight rows of lights and people are absent. Even the...

school_book A Practitioner’s Guide to Short-term Load Forecast Modeling Over the years, numerous clients have requested a “recipe book” for building powerful short-term load forecast models. This...

rooftop solar A Simple Approach for Addressing Behind-the-Meter Solar Generation I was recently asked to account for behind-the-meter (BTM) solar generation in a set of day-ahead hourly electric...

weather sun Aggregation Bias Strikes Again! The issue of aggregation bias should not be a new concept to any of us in the energy forecasting world. In April, my colleague David Simons posted about...

ISO America’s Finest 2018 ISO Forecasting Summit San Diego’s slogan is “America’s Finest City” and being fortunate enough to call this place my home for the past seven years, I see why. It has a...

SolarEclipseDiamondRing An Unexpected Impact of the Solar Eclipse On Aug. 21, 2017, people gathered across the continent to witness the first total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous United...

Forecast_Prediction_Intervals Alternative Approaches to Constructing Forecast Prediction Intervals Itron’s Forecasting group continues their free forecasting webinar series on a variety of...

iStock 1186604384 scaled Annual Energy Forecasting Survey Results Itron’s forecasting group has compiled the results of their Annual Energy Survey to assess industry growth expectations and...

Annual Energy Survey 2022 Annual Energy Forecasting Survey Itron’s forecasting group is now in the process of conducting their Annual Energy Survey. Itron’s forecasting group is now in the process...

Annual Energy Forecasting Survey Annual Energy Forecasting Survey 2021 Itron’s forecasting group is in the process of conducting their Annual Energy Survey. The survey will close on June 1, 2021....

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...