Considerations for Medium-Term Load Forecasting in Morocco

Abstract

There are many factors that determine how demand for electricity may change over time. Medium-term load forecasting is a subset of load forecasting that focuses on the next year. This presentation summarizes analysis performed by NREL on medium-term load forecasting performed for the Moroccan energy system. This analysis includes hourly regressions and load clustering. This work also describes potential next steps that can be implemented by ONEE to improve this medium-term load forecasting.