How to Load and Explore Household Electricity Usage Data

Given the rise of smart electricity meters and the wide adoption of electricity generation technology like solar panels, there is a wealth of electricity usage data available. This data represents a multivariate time series of power-related variables, that in turn could be used to model and even forecast future electricity consumption. In this tutorial, you will discover a household power consumption dataset for multi-step time series forecasting and how to better understand the raw data using exploratory analysis. How to Load and Explore Household Electricity Usage Data Photo by Sheila Sund, some rights reserved. The Household Power Consumption dataset is a multivariate time series dataset that describes the electricity consumption for a single household over four years. The data was collected between December 2006 and November 2010 and observations of power consumption within the household were collected every minute. Active and reactive energy refer to the technical details of alternative current.