Forecasting

12th Annual Energy Forecasting Meeting Approaches

March 29, 2014

Next week Itron hosts the 12th Annual Energy Forecasting Meeting at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. On April 2-3, 2014, over 50 forecasters from across North America will gather to discuss changes in the energy efficiency, economic drivers, weather normalization practices and forecast model development.

We have a full agenda that includes presentations by the following companies:
  • Alberta Electric System Operator
  • American Electric Power
  • Central Electric Power Cooperative
  • Energy Information Administration
  • Kansas City Power & Light
  • NV Energy
  • Opower
  • Otter Tail Power
  • San Diego Gas & Electric
  • Schneider Electric (formerly DTN)
  • Woods & Poole Economics

In addition, Itron will be presenting on the Weather Normalization and Forecast Outlook survey results, Industrial Intensities, SAE model updates and quantile regression along with conducting two one-day hands on workshops prior to the meeting on Tuesday, April 1.

Be prepared for challenging three days of learning and networking. We look forward to seeing you!

Click here to learn more about this event.

By Paige Schaefer


Sr Forecast Analyst


Paige Schaefer is a Product Marketing Manager in Itron’s Outcomes group for the strategy, planning and implementation of projects supporting marketing functions spanning electricity, water and gas business units. She interacts directly with sales, product and corporate marketing to identify new marketing opportunities, recommend actions and the coordination of targeted campaigns to increase brand awareness and market share where she works closely with the teams to develop content and strategies. In addition, she provides website support, event coordination and manages Itron’s Energy Forecasting Group (EFG), which supports end-use data development, the Statistical End-use Approach (SAE) and coordinates their annual meeting for discussing modeling and forecasting issues. Paige has a B.S. in Business Administration from San Diego State University with an emphasis in Marketing.