<p>National electricity grid operator POSOCO will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for electricity demand forecasting, said POSOCO chairman KVS Baba said here.</p>.<p>He was speaking at a virtual global workshop titled ''Power Utility Challenges during Covid-19 Pandemic'' organised by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) India Council and Power & Energy Society (PES) India Chapters Council with panelists from various countries, the Power System Operation Corporation (POSOCO) said in a statement.</p>.<p>The POSOCO chairman and managing director also stressed upon distribution companies (discoms) to use AI and derive patterns based on this technology.</p>.<p>"Demand forecasting is still a challenge but for system operators, more forecast errors mean more reserves to be kept on our part to meet variables," Baba said in the statement.</p>.<p>When asked about variation in renewables, the CMD said that renewables are highly unpredictable since sub-stations are not yet highly efficient in terms of data logging.</p>.<p>POSOCO is a wholly owned Government of India enterprise under the Ministry of Power.</p>.<p>It is responsible to ensure the integrated operation of the grid in a reliable, efficient, and secure manner. It consists of five Regional Load Despatch Centres (RLDCs) and the National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC).</p>
<p>National electricity grid operator POSOCO will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for electricity demand forecasting, said POSOCO chairman KVS Baba said here.</p>.<p>He was speaking at a virtual global workshop titled ''Power Utility Challenges during Covid-19 Pandemic'' organised by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) India Council and Power & Energy Society (PES) India Chapters Council with panelists from various countries, the Power System Operation Corporation (POSOCO) said in a statement.</p>.<p>The POSOCO chairman and managing director also stressed upon distribution companies (discoms) to use AI and derive patterns based on this technology.</p>.<p>"Demand forecasting is still a challenge but for system operators, more forecast errors mean more reserves to be kept on our part to meet variables," Baba said in the statement.</p>.<p>When asked about variation in renewables, the CMD said that renewables are highly unpredictable since sub-stations are not yet highly efficient in terms of data logging.</p>.<p>POSOCO is a wholly owned Government of India enterprise under the Ministry of Power.</p>.<p>It is responsible to ensure the integrated operation of the grid in a reliable, efficient, and secure manner. It consists of five Regional Load Despatch Centres (RLDCs) and the National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC).</p>
