Distribution level electric current consumption and meteorological data set of the east region of Paraguay

Data Brief. 2021 Dec 10:40:107699. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107699. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Abstract

This paper presents a data set with information on meteorological data and electricity consumption in the department of Alto Paraná, Paraguay. The meteorological data were registered every three hours at the Aeropuerto Guarani, Department of Alto Paraná, which belongs to the Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil of Paraguay. The final data consists of a total of 22.445 records of temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and atmospheric pressure. On the other hand, the electrical energy consumption data set contains a total of 1.848.947 records, all of them coming from the one hundred and fifteen feeders located throughout the Alto Paraná region of Paraguay. Electrical energy consumption data was provided by Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE). The analysis of this data can yield insights regarding the energy consumption in the area.

Keywords: Electric current consumption; Forecasting; Machine learning; Meteorological data.