Additive covariance matrix models: Modeling Regional Electricity Net-Demand in Great Britain

Vincenzo Gioia*, Matteo Fasiolo, Jethro Browell, Ruggero Bellio

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Abstract

Forecasts of regional electricity net-demand, consumption minus embedded generation, are an essential input for reliable and economic power system operation, and energy trading. While such forecasts are typically performed region by region, operations such as managing power flows require spatially coherent joint forecasts, which account for cross-regional dependencies. Here, we forecast the joint distribution of net-demand across the 14 regions constituting Great Britain’s electricity network. Joint modeling is complicated by the fact that the net-demand variability within each region, and the dependencies between regions, vary with temporal, socio-economic and weather-related factors. We accommodate for these characteristics by proposing a multivariate Gaussian model based on a modified Cholesky parameterization, which allows us to model each unconstrained parameter via an additive model. Given that the number of model parameters and covariates is large, we adopt a semi-automated approach to model selection, based on gradient boosting. In addition to comparing the forecasting performance of several versions of the proposed model with that of two non-Gaussian copula-based models, we visually explore the model output to interpret how the covariates affect net-demand variability and dependencies. The code for reproducing the results in this article is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7315105. Supplementary materials for this article are available online, including a standardized description of the materials available for reproducing the work.
Original languageEnglish
Article number2412361
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of the American Statistical Association
Early online date25 Nov 2024
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 25 Nov 2024

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