Tips and Tricks – Itron

The Logit Function: A Tool for New Things

With emerging technologies such as electric…

Impact of Climate Change on Long-Term Electricity Demand

The next Itron Forecasting Brown Bag for…

by Paige Schaefer

How to Account for COVID-19 in Your Load Forecast

There are unprecedented load forecasting…

by Paige Schaefer

Itron’s New Forecasting YouTube Library

Itron’s Forecasting group has conducted…

by Paige Schaefer

Timing is Everything

When evaluating peak loads, load forecasters…

by Andy Sukenik

Developing a Combined Operational Load Forecast

With the deep penetration of non-grid…

by Dr. Frank A. Monforte

The Story is in the Residuals

In any field that involves heaps of data and…

by David Simons

It’s a DER World, We’re Just Living in It

If you’re reading this and you’re a load…

by David Simons

Averaging the Weather First or Averaging the Energy Forecast

There is a question that has long vexed me:…

Where Did Durbin and Watson Go Wrong?

I’m sure you have all been there—the spot…

by Stuart McMenamin

Holidays Are No Vacation for the Load Forecaster

Summer has arrived. While your friends are…

Improving Financial Analysis with AMI Data

Smart meter data is more granular and more…

by Paige Schaefer

A Few Thoughts on P-Values

I recently read an article about P-Values…

2019 Annual Energy Forecasting Meeting

Two pre-conference classes. Three…

Developing Net Load Uncertainty Forecasts to Support System Operations

Today, the deep penetration of renewable…

by Dr. Frank A. Monforte

It’s All the Same, Only the Names Will Change

Last year, Itron was contracted by a small…

by David Simons

Capped vs. Uncapped Degree Days

In energy modeling, we often utilize spline…

Leveraging a Waterfall Approach to Explain the Load Forecast

Our first brown bag seminar of the year is…

by Paige Schaefer

When Does Humidity Make the Meter Spin?

For anyone that has tried to improve a model…

by David Simons

A Practitioner’s Guide to Short-term Load Forecast Modeling

Over the years, numerous clients have…

by Dr. Frank A. Monforte

Short-term Load Forecasting: A Practitioner’s Handbook

Our final brown bag seminar of the…

by Paige Schaefer

Aggregation Bias Strikes Again!

The issue of aggregation bias should not be…

by Michael Russo

Odds and Sods

Probabilities and odds express the same…

What are Weather Groups?

If you’re a user of Itron’s Automated Demand…

by David Simons

A Simple Approach for Addressing Behind-the-Meter Solar Generation

I was recently asked to account for…

Load Forecasting Using Machine Learning: Does the Hype Meet Reality?

It is easy to stub your toe on the…

by Dr. Frank A. Monforte

Upcoming Seminar: Budget Forecasting – A Practitioner’s Handbook

Our second brown bag seminar of the year is…

by Paige Schaefer

The Pitfalls and Pain of Aggregation Bias

As forecasters, averaging is something that…

by David Simons

Daylight Saving Time: The Bane of the Load Forecaster

Sunrise and sunset times vary from summer to…

Ignore Missing Option

The Sum function in MetrixND seems like a…

Using Neural Networks to Build Robust Hourly Models

Our first brown bag seminar of the year is…

by Paige Schaefer

Dividing Two Interval Series in MetrixLT

In my previous post, I showed that MetrixLT…

Multiplying Two Interval Series in MetrixLT

“Help” was the desperate cry of a MetrixLT…

There’s More Than One Way to Round a Number

When we were in school, we all learned the…

by David Simons

Calculating an Average Annual Growth Rate in MetrixND

After finishing my forecast, I like to…

Seasonal Sales? Not a Problem.

There is a client who has a reporting issue…

Forecast Tests in MetrixND

Out-of-sample tests are a useful tool for…

by David Simons

Who is Forecasting Long-Term Solar Generation?

In this last forecasting brown bag…

Using In-Line Transformation in the Report Object

I’m developing a forecast that…