Year-ahead Total Load Forecast per Week [6.1.E]

Year-ahead total load forecast per week
Regulation Article		TR articles 6.1.e and 6.2.e
Regulation text		For their control areas, TSOs shall calculate and submit the following data to the ENTSO for Electricity for each bidding zone: (e) a year-ahead forecast of the total load for every week of the following year, which shall for a given week include a maximum and a minimum load value. … shall be published no later than the 15th calendar day of the month before the year to which the data relates.
Detailed description		A year-ahead forecast of the total load per bidding zone for the following year, for every week of the coming year Y maximum and minimum load values. The primary owners of the data are TSOs and DSOs; This shall be published at the latest the 15th calendar day of the month just before the rolling year which data refers to. The week with the first Thursday in the year is considered as Week Number 1 in the year (ISO 8601). Nevertheless, the forecast of load for the following year is based on historical load values. A more detailed forecast is provided later, when precise weather forecast (weekly, daily) is available. It may, therefore, vary significantly in terms of both shape and level. Note 1: The year-ahead forecast is calculated (estimated) on the historic load profile on similar days. Note 2: Higher resolution is allowed. Highest resolution is MTU. In that case, the maximum and minimum load values for each week will be published
Specification of calculation		Maximum and minimum load value per bidding zone per week.
Primary owner of the data		TSO and DSOs.
Data provider		TSO by default.
Aggregation
Publication deadline for ENTSO-E		Publication is necessary in due-time for the negotiation of all transactions: at the latest 15th calendar day of the month just before the rolling year which data refers to.
Updates		The year-ahead forecast should be updated in case of changes