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Electric Power Systems Research 74 (2005) 353–361 Long-term/mid-term electric load forecasting based on short-term correlation and annual growth H.M. Al-Hamadi, S.A. Soliman ? Power System Research Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Qatar, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar Received 3 February 2004; accepted 26 October 2004 Available online 7 April 2005 Abstract This paper presents a novel approach for long-term/mid-term electric power load forecasting. The strong short-term correlations of daily (24 h) and yearly (52 weeks) load behavior are implemente