As previously mentioned in my blog post on April 13, the Itron Forecasting Team is leveraging publicly available hourly load data for most North American Independent System Operators (ISOs) to build a picture of the load impacts of COVID-19 by region. We do this using actual loads from when many shelter in place policies began and compare them to baseline loads without COVID-19 policy impacts.
The estimated load impacts for the weeks starting March 15 are presented below. Since April 1, the estimated load reduction in aggregate ISO loads is about -7.9%. Areas such as New York and California have been particularly hit hard with an estimated average load reduction of a little over -9% since the beginning of April.
For a detailed summary of the estimated load impacts for each region, go to the forecasting website to download the latest COVID-19 Load Impact memo.
The Itron Forecasting Team will continue to post updated summary blogs and corresponding memos on these trends.
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