Benchmarking Time Series Foundation Models for Load Forecasting Under Covariate Uncertainty

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arXiv:2610.07232v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Accurate short-term load forecasting (STLF) is essential for the reliable and efficient operation of modern power systems. While time series foundation models (TSFMs) have recently demonstrated remarkable performance across a wide range of forecasting tasks, their effectiveness for STLF under realistic operational conditions remains largely unexplored. In this paper, we present a comprehensive benchmark of four trained-from-scratch (TFS) models and