Creation of a regional complex environment model of wholesale electricity and power market of Russian Federation

The paper deals with the key approaches, methods and characteristics of energy consumption forecasting. The description of “Software package of the regional environment model of the wholesale electricity and power market of the Russian Federation” is given. The research is acute since the Prognoz Platform 7 model software package allows to obtain short-tem, mid-tem and long-term scenario forecasting assessment of electrical energy consumption of the key consumer groups.