| Article ID: | iaor1997581 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 97 |
| End Page Number: | 106 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1996 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Forecasting |
| Authors: | Al-Ibrahim Abdulla A., Al-Zayer Jamal |
| Keywords: | demand, forecasting: applications, geography & environment |
An econometric model is developed to forecast electricity consumption and study the impact of ambient temperature, expressed in terms of degree days (DDs), on consumption in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is apparent that temperature plays an important role in the demand for electricity. The relationship between the behaviour of electricity consumption and temperature expressed in DDs is explored.