ABSTRACT
This chapter is the first of three that discusses computerized application of spatial electric load forecasting. Simulation has a number of advantages-Z accuracy and multi-scenario capability among them-that make it the preferred approach for many utilities. But the manual simulation methods as presented in Chapter 11, although applied on a limited basis in the 1950’s through the early 1970s, involve prodigious amounts of labor, and are not particularly accurate due to the inconsistencies introduced by approximations and human judgment.
