Forecasting electricity demand of municipalities through artificial neural networks and metered supply point classification

[EN] This study develops a methodology to characterise and forecast large consumers¿ electricity demand, particularly municipalities, with hundreds of different metered supply points based on the previous characterisation of facilities¿ consumption. Demand forecasting allows consumers to improve the...

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Autores: Sergio Mateo-Barcos, Ribó-Pérez, David Gabriel|||0000-0003-1089-5197, Rodríguez-García, Javier|||0000-0002-9637-9208, Alcázar-Ortega, Manuel|||0000-0001-5384-3931
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/211702
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/211702
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Artificial neural networks
Municipalities
Load forecasting
Metered supply points
INGENIERIA ELECTRICA
07.- Asegurar el acceso a energías asequibles, fiables, sostenibles y modernas para todos
11.- Conseguir que las ciudades y los asentamientos humanos sean inclusivos, seguros, resilientes y sostenibles
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Resumo:[EN] This study develops a methodology to characterise and forecast large consumers¿ electricity demand, particularly municipalities, with hundreds of different metered supply points based on the previous characterisation of facilities¿ consumption. Demand forecasting allows consumers to improve their participation in electricity markets and manage their electricity consumption. The method considers a classification by different types of metered supply points combined with artificial neural networks to obtain hourly forecasts using well-known parameters such as day types, hourly temperature, the last hour of electricity consumption, and sunrise and sunset time. We apply the methodology to the municipality of Valencia using over five hundred hourly load profiles for a year during 2017 and 2018. Our results present aggregated forecasts with a maximum Mean Absolute Percentage Error of 3.8% per day, outperforming the same forecast without classifying Metered Supply Points. We conclude that a correct electricity demand forecast for a consumer with different types of consumption does not need submetering, but characterising Metered Supply Points is an option with lower costs that allows for better predictions.