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Master the Grid Future: AI-Driven Demand Forecasting for Modern Utilities

Move beyond traditional forecasting methods. Leverage real-time machine learning to more accurately predict system load, optimize DER dispatch, and navigate the complexity of a high-penetration grid with confidence with the Envision Forecasting Suite.

Demand Forecasting for a Reliable Grid.

The increased frequency of extreme weather events and ever-changing load patterns have challenged utility system forecast models to date. Envision uses an Advanced AI operations platform to automate the training of models, analyzing weather patterns and historical usage to provide high-fidelity insights. By mastering your load shape, you can execute peak shaving strategies that save millions in critical peak and power purchasing costs.

Expert-Evaluated Inputs to Inform Model Accuracy

The foundation of any great forecast is the data that feeds it. We curate premium weather data sources with hyper-granular weather variables to help inform system forecasts.

But we don’t stop at the algorithm. Every customer model is backed by expert-evaluated support. Our analysts evaluate and support selecting inputs upfront, and also monitor and tweak model performance throughout the year, providing the human-in-the-loop oversight necessary to navigate weather volatility and market shifts.

With Envision, you aren’t just buying software; you’re gaining a dedicated extension of your operations team.

Performance Transparency You Can Track

We don’t just ask you to trust our AI; we prove it. Envision includes a dedicated performance dashboard that provides rolling analysis of forecast accuracy. With full visibility into past realized load versus predictions, your team gains the confidence needed to make high-stakes operational decisions.

Streamline Operations with a Single Pane of Glass

Don’t just react to the peak—anticipate it. When forecasting and DER program teams work in silos, lags happen. Envision breaks down these barriers by integrating seamlessly with the Shift DERMS suite.

Load Shifting Made Easy

Schedule DER events directly within the forecasting interface, overlaying your dispatch strategy against real-time system load. It’s a unified workflow that ensures your DERs hit the peak every single time.

Unlock the Maximum Operational Value of Your VPP

Virtual power plants (VPPs) are only as effective as their predictability. Envision eliminates the guesswork of DER behavior. By integrating data from smart thermostats and battery storage (BESS), we provide DER Event Forecasting that can predict DER Event Forecasting 2 days in advance, and shows you exactly how much flexible capacity is available before you call the event. No more retroactive analysis—just proactive grid management.

Meet Your Ambitious Megawatt Goals With One Platform

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Modern Forecasting Designed to Protect the Bottom Line

As the accelerating pace of electrification meets increasingly volatile weather patterns and a surge in distributed energy resources (DERs), traditional load modeling has reached its breaking point. Envision helps mitigate portfolio risk and support operational stability by providing the visibility you need to navigate the grid of the future, ensuring that electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, and investor-owned utilities can maintain stability while lowering critical peak costs.

Optimize Your Energy Arbitrage Efforts

In a decarbonizing market, the ability to perform energy arbitrage is a competitive necessity. Envision’s machine learning models provide the most accurate short-term demand forecasts informed by premium weather sources to help maximize financial performance.

Seamless Integration, Zero Data Silos

Envision is built for the modern tech stack. Easily push your system load data into our platform. Use our Envision API to pull our DER and system load forecasts into other systems.

Predict Outcomes, Don’t Just Hope for Them

Envision empowers DER program managers to plan events more seamlessly by integrating high-fidelity system load forecasts directly into your scheduling workflow. By identifying grid stress before it happens, you can align your demand response strategies with real-time system needs.

Stop relying on resource-intensive, post-event estimates. Predict DER event performance prior to scheduling, up to 48 hours before an event. Compare predicted DER baselines to anticipated performance to prove the value of your programs and hit your MW reduction goals with certainty.

Combine system load forecasts and DER event forecasting to create a comprehensive forecast of your impending energy needs!

The Backbone of Next-Gen Virtual Power Plants

Go beyond aggregate load data. By combining forecasting with model predictive control, Envision enables Topline Demand Control. Optimize DERs at a granular level, ensuring the exact load-shifting outcome requested by the grid while maintaining a user-friendly interface for daily monitoring.

Why should we trust your Demand Forecasts? What makes yours better?

We believe that trust in forecasting is built on transparency and consistent performance under pressure. Envision is built on an advanced AI operations platform that uses real-time machine learning to adapt to the current state of the grid and is informed by premium data sources.

We also provide all of our customers with a performance dashboard that offers transparency and an easy way to evaluate historic system load performance. We do not simply set up our customers and forget about them. We offer an “expert-verified” approach, with our analysts continuously monitoring and openly receiving feedback from customers to help improve and tweak forecast performance.

We have seen proven results with existing customers today, demonstrating that our forecasts outperform those of other solutions in the market.

What types of forecasts are offered for Envision Demand Forecasting?

Virtual Peaker’s Envision demand forecasting can forecast a range of different types of loads, depending on a customer’s needs. Examples of the type of system load that can be forecast include:

Utility service territory’s entire system load data, which can be pushed from their supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system into our platform, or rolled up AMI data for a specific segment of their population.
Forecasting system load for a specific ISO/RTO region.

System Forecasts are available at an hourly granularity for 1-day, 1-week, 15-day, 1-month, and 1-year.

What is the difference between Envision Demand Forecasting and DER Event Forecasting?

Virtual Peaker’s demand forecasting typically forecasts system-wide load and provides a forecast of the aggregate demand for a region or territory, typically helping to inform upcoming peaks.

DER Event Forecasting is pulling data from DER devices, trained off existing DERs enrolled in the Shift Suite. This forecast allows customer program managers and grid operators to select groups of DER assets and predict their upcoming DER event performance. Our DER Event Forecasting feature can help predict the specific flexible capacity (MW reduction) available within your portfolio 48 hours before an event, as well as predict baseline versus event performance.

How does the Envision and Shift DERMS integration improve event planning?

By unifying both suites, customer program managers and grid operators no longer have to toggle between windows or coordinate communication to guess at timing. You can schedule DER events directly while referencing your system load forecast, ensuring every dispatch is perfectly timed to hit the actual peak.

Can I see my scheduled DER events alongside my load data?

Yes. Any scheduled DER events are automatically overlaid onto your system load forecasting chart in the platform. This side-by-side visualization makes it easy to verify your strategy and see exactly how your planned events align with predicted demand spikes.