Low-voltage load forecasting is an important component in current and future energy systems with a high degree of electrification and decentralized generation. However, current forecasting methods require significant manual effort, often lack uncertainty estimation and proper peak prediction, and they are often not adequately evaluated in terms of grid requirements.
arXiv:2607. 15705v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Accurate load forecasting at multiple grid levels is essential for future smart grids, ranging from aggregated control area forecasts for balancing supply and demand to forecasts of individual end-consumer loads for demand-side management and energy management systems.
By Matthias Hertel, Sebastian P\"utz, Jonathan Kolar, Benjamin Sch\"afer, Ralf Mikut, Veit Hagenmeyer
The paper evaluates short‑term load forecasting methods that are sensitive to high‑demand periods across three distribution grid aggregation levels—area codes, secondary substations, and low‑voltage feeders—using UK and Swiss datasets. It compares statistical baselines, LightGBM, XGBoost, and foundation models Chronos Bolt and Chronos‑2, finding that Chronos‑2 delivers the best high‑demand performance and remains competitive overall. The study also shows that foundation model inference is fast enough for deployment and that peak‑aware evaluation and aggregation‑specific quantile selection can improve operational relevance.
By Souhardya Chattopadhyay, Julian Oelhaf, Antonia Schoening, Jessica Deuschel, Bitan Bhattacharyya, Christian Bergler, Andreas Maier, Siming Bayer
For distribution system operators, short-term load forecasting (STLF) supports congestion management, voltage control, and asset protection. Most existing approaches focus on overall accuracy across a...
arXiv:2609.06656v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Modern power systems are growing increasingly complex as they integrate diverse generation sources to meet rising demand, making accurate load foreca...
By Varsha Pendyala, Yiwei Fu, Weizhong Yan, Nurali Virani
arXiv:2607. 02623v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Time series foundation models (TSFMs) have shown strong zero-shot forecasting performance, but their generalization in covariate-driven, non-stationary settings is underexplored.
By Zhenghua Pan, Ahmed Aziz Ezzat