Forecasting

Annual Energy Forecasting Survey

March 04, 2020

Itron’s forecasting group just launched their Annual Energy Survey. As we have done in previous years, we collect information to assess industry growth expectations and forecast accuracy for electricity and natural gas. We continue to focus on forecasts of customer and sales growth, weather-normalized growth and forecast accuracy. All survey participants will receive a summary report. Preliminary results will be presented at the annual Energy Forecasting Meeting in April and final results will be shared during our brown bag seminar on Sept. 15. Utility specific data will not be disclosed.

To sign up for the meeting, brown bags or other workshops, go to www.itron.com/forecastingworkshops.

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.

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.