Load prediction and control of electrical network using load profiles

A computing system, comprising:

• a processor connected to memory;
• and
• a controlling module stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and configured with instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• receive weather information for a plurality of geographical regions;
• receive load information from a plurality of meters located in the plurality of geographical regions;
• generate a load profile for each of the geographical regions, wherein each load profile is generated based upon (i) weather information corresponding to a geographical region and (ii) load information corresponding to one or more meters located within the geographical region;
• store the load profile for each geographical region;
• determine a first weather factor impacting a first load profile of a first geographical region to create a second load profile for the first geographical region;
• determine a third load profile of the first geographical region based upon an average of the first and second load profiles;
• predict a loading for each geographical region of the geographical regions based upon the load profiles for the geographical region;
• determine whether the predicted loading for each geographical region exceeds a defined threshold;
• control a display screen to generate and display, in response to a first predicted loading for the first geographical region exceeding the defined threshold, a graphical representation of the first geographical region that is visually distinguishable from other displayed graphical representations of other geographical regions;
• in response to the first predicted loading exceeding the defined threshold, provide a plurality of corrective actions;
• score each of the plurality of corrective actions;
• select the corrective action having the highest score, from amongst the plurality of corrective actions;
• and
• control transmission of instructions to a computing device to cause the corrective action having the highest score to be implemented.

A computer-implemented method performed by a computing device comprising a processor, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, by at least the processor, weather information for a plurality of geographical regions;
• receiving, by at least the processor, load information from a plurality of meters located in the plurality of geographical regions;
• generating, by at least the processor, a load profile for each of the geographical regions, wherein each load profile is generated based upon (i) weather information corresponding to a geographical region and (ii) load information corresponding to one or more meters located within the geographical region;
• storing the load profile for each geographical region;
• determining a first weather factor impacting a first load profile of a first geographical region to create a second load profile for the first geographical region;
• determining a third load profile of the first geographical region based upon an average of the first and second load profiles;
• predicting, by at least the processor, a loading for each geographical region of the geographical regions based upon the load profiles for the geographical region;
• determining, by at least the processor, whether the predicted loading for each geographical region exceeds a defined threshold;
• controlling, by at least the processor, a display screen to generate and display, in response to a first predicted loading for a first geographical region exceeding the defined threshold, a graphical representation of the first geographical region that is visually distinguished from graphical representations of other geographical regions displayed on the display screen;
• in response to the first predicted loading exceeding the defined threshold, provide a plurality of corrective actions;
• score each of the plurality of corrective actions;
• select the corrective action having the highest score, from amongst the plurality of corrective actions;
• and
• control transmission of instructions to a computing device to cause the corrective action having the highest score to be implemented.