ASCE will be sunsetting the Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) in the coming months. We encourage you to start using the ASCE Library to perform content searches. In the ASCE Library, you can save your search results as well as receive email content alerts when new content relevant to your area of interest is published. Try it out today at https://ascelibrary.org.

 

The Role of Demand Forecasts in Pacific Northwest Power Planning

by Terry H. Morlan, Northwest Power Planning Council, Portland, OR, USA,
Peter J. Swartz, Northwest Power Planning Council, Portland, OR, USA,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Energy Forecasting

Abstract:

This paper has two primary objectives: to acquaint a general audience with the basic approaches used to forecast the demand for electricity, and to discuss the role of demand forecasts in power planning. The specific illustration is for the forecasting and planning process of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Council, but the principles discussed are generally applicable.

Subject Headings: Electric power | Power demand | Forecasting | Electrical systems | Utilities | Uncertainty principles | Load factors | Pacific Northwest | United States

Services: Buy this book/Buy this article

 

Return to search