Load pattern classification and profiling for a large supply company

This paper deals with the analysis of aggregated hourly energy patterns for assisting the introduction of a load profile-based approach within the electricity market regulation. The analysis of the regional energy patterns is carried out for determining a suitable classification of the days with consistent consumption patterns along the year. Numerical applications related to market-validated real data for the distributor and for the supplier of the noneligible customers in the eight regions in which the electrical distribution in the Romanian territory is partitioned are presented and discussed.