Forecasting

Annual Energy Survey

March 01, 2017

Itron’s forecasting group recently launched their Annual Energy Survey. As we have done in previous years, Itron is collecting information to assess industry growth expectations and forecast accuracy for electricity and natural gas. We will continue to focus on forecasts of customer and sales growth, weather normalized growth and forecast accuracy. All survey participants will receive a summary report, and the preliminary results will be presented at the annual Energy Forecasting Meeting in May and final results during our brown bag seminar on Sept. 13. Utility specific data will NOT be disclosed.

Surveys like this benefit the entire energy community by supplying valuable knowledge. If you would like to participate, contact Paige Schaefer at paige.schaefer@itron.com to participate. Initial responses are requested by Friday, April 7.

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.

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