“…Several methods to model these relationships have been applied in the past such as regression, econometric, time series, decomposition, co-integration, ARIMA, artificial intelligence, fuzzy and support vector models [2,7]. In the work of Lin et al [8,9], a stock exchange index (TAIEX) was used in order to better the performance of short-term load forecasting (STLF) at times of global economic downturn.…”