FORrunner™ Forecasting Analytics  is a cohesive and complete energy forecasting and planning tool designed to mitigate risk and uncertainty for competitive energy suppliers and T&D companies operating in a challenging and competitive marketplace. Whether you need long term forecasting (LTF), short term forecasting (STF) or both, FORrunner's preconfigured accelerator modules for Oracle Utilities Load Profiling and Settlement can provide your company with a fully integrated forecasting solution.  

The FORrunner LTF modules have been designed to join top-down analytical decision-support processes with bottom-up historical load, weather, usage patterns and many other statistical parameters and measurements.   FORrunner provides energy companies with the information needed to:

• Leverage advanced meter data and smart grid information for predictive analytics
• Model the effects of load growth, economic shifts and other factors on LTF
• Backcast indicators for cost of service rate development or pricing strategies 
• Determine long term energy supply requirements
• Project long term infrastructure requirements

Whether you need these tools for demand planning or long term supply and risk requirements, the FORrunner LTF module can provide energy businesses with the forecasting analytics they need to effectively manage future financial risks and/or infrastructure requirements.

Oracle Integration

FORrunner Forecasting Analytics is fully integrated with the world's most popular energy management software -  Oracle Utilities.   FORrunner Forecasting Analytics provides  over 100 modules, rate forms, queries and other software components including over 250 regression algorithms. This packaged functionality provides proven out-of-the-box forecasting on the flexible and configurable Oracle Utilities platform bringing forecasting benefits to your organization faster than any other solution available today.

Predefined, linear, non-linear and trend regression analytic modeling.

Trial (“what if”) Modeling & Analysis

Risk reduction validation through trial forecasting analysis. Supports concurrent forecast processes without impacting live forecasting operations.

Backcasting facilities to allow modeled forecast results to be applied to historic data.

Provides strategy validation in forecast results and model improvement feedback loop.

Out of the box Load Profile curve creation routines.

Leverages preconfigured modules and proven industry applications to reduce implementation time and improve forecasting accuracy.

Predefined Reports and style sheets allowing easy customization of forecasting graphs and results.

Intuitive presentation clarity for all output and reports leads to rapid identification of curve patterns and anomalies.

Work Queue work flow management

Including email alerts of transgressions or unexpected forecast or backcast results.