摘要：IN THIS PAPER WE AIM TO PROVIDE A SYNTHESIS OF THE MAIN METHODS USED TO ANALYZE THEEVOLUTION OF POWER CONSUMPTION IN ORDER TO HIGHLIGHT WAYS TO OPTIMIZE ANDPREDICT IT. THE FIRST PART INCLUDES A GENERAL APPROACH TO THE CURRENT STATE OFEVOLUTION OF ENERGY SYSTEMS AND POLICIES BOTH IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT AND IN TERMS OFTHE COMPLEXITIES OF THE ROMANIAN ENERGY SECTOR. ALSO, BY IDENTIFYING THE MAINFACTORS OF INFLUENCE ON ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION AS WELL AS THE DELIMITATION OFCONSUMER TYPES, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DEFINE GENERIC CONSUMPTION PROFILES ANDANALYZE THEIR ROLE IN CHOOSING THE TYPE AND METHOD OF FORECASTING ELECTRICITYCONSUMPTION. FINALLY, WE WILL PROVIDE A SYSTEMATIC OVERVIEW OF THE MATHEMATICALMETHODS USED IN FORECASTING ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, REVIEWING BOTH NUMERICALMETHODS AND TECHNIQUES, AS WELL AS MODERN APPROACHES BASED ON ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE ALGORITHMS.
关键词：ELECTRICITY;MATHEMATICAL MODELING;FORECAST OF POWER;CONSUMPTION
