Synthetic Load Profile

Forecasting Consumption based on Load Profiles

The actual consumption figures are required to determine the consumption demand of the balance groups and these figures are calculated using load profile metering.
However, for retail customers, the installation of a load profile meter is not economically feasible due to the considerable technical and organizational expenses. Therefore, these customer groups are allocated to standardized load profiles. The standardized load profiles are designated as schedules for suppliers. Once a year, a reading of the meters of retail customers is carried out and a second clearing is performed 14 month after the first clearing, based on the actuall metered values.

Every grid operator must send the relevant data from its grid to the balance responsible party and APCS ex post, because these data are needed for the calculation of deviations from the schedules and load profiles for every balance group.