ETAP Real-Time

ETAP Real-Time System

Load Forecasting

Adaptive Bus Load Forecasting
Real-Time Trending
Load Profile Library
Forecasting Scenario Archiving

Load Forecasting is an ideal tool for industrial users as well as utilities to reliably and accurately forecast future short term loading in the system. A good forecast has a direct and significant impact on costly generating unit startups and shutdowns, energy purchases, managing system demand as well as scheduling system upgrades based on predicted load growth.

Features
Predict loading up to seven days ahead Forecast multiple load areas per individual meters User-adjustable weather variables & load profiles Revise forecasts based on loading & weather conditions Pattern & load profile libraries Import & export historical forecast data Unlimited forecast views

Data Trending
ETAP Data Trending is a user-friendly and flexible trending application that supports real-time as well as archived data trending. View up to 20 trends in one window Create & view unlimited trend windows Auto-scale trends & auto-center plots Movable cross-hair for reading data values Zooming, scrolling backward / forward in time Choose background, grid, & plot styles Overlap different time frames in a single view

Adaptive Forecasting
ETAP Load Forecasting utilizes sophisticated algorithms to correlate multiple input variables such as predicted weather conditions along with historical data such as meter point loading and weather conditions to construct a forecast model.