Forecasting

2020 Forecasting Meetings – Registration Now Open!

December 12, 2019

The 18th annual Energy Forecasting/EFG Meeting will be in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 22 – April 24 with optional one-day training workshops on April 21. Forecasters continue to tell Itron that there is no greater value than meeting with their peers. Itron understands the importance of these interactions. This meeting is an excellent forum to exchange ideas and hear more about modeling concepts, data development, efficiency trends and related issues from industry speakers. Your participation is invaluable. The agenda is already filing up, but we are still accepting abstracts. Submit something today! Review the current agenda, see who has already registered and sign up at http://www.cvent.com/d/mhqxg4.

In addition, the 14th ISO/RTO/TSO Forecasting Summit will gather in Atlanta, Georgia on May 5 – 7. The summit provides a forum that brings energy forecasters together to address the unique forecasting challenges faced by independent system operators around the world. Over the past 13 years of meetings, summit discussions have ranged from sub-hourly forecasting models and techniques that support generation scheduling and dispatching to long-term forecasting supporting capacity planning. Participation and attendance at this event are limited to ISO/RTO/TSO representatives. Register at http://www.cvent.com/d/khqdfn.

Don’t miss out on these networking opportunities to discuss real world issues and practical solutions. We look forward to seeing you.

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.