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FETS Benchmark: Foundation Models Outperform Dataset-specific Machine Learning in Energy Time Series Forecasting

Marco Obermeier , Marco Pruckner , Florian Haselbeck , Andreas Zeiselmair
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Foundation models outperform dataset-specific machine learning models in energy time series forecasting across multiple settings and data types.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper introduces the FETS benchmark to test whether general-purpose foundation models can handle energy forecasting tasks better than models trained specifically on each dataset. It evaluates these models on 54 datasets spanning 9 categories, covering different stakeholders and attributes in the energy sector. The results show that foundation models, especially those using covariates, achieve better accuracy even though the competing approaches had full access to historical target data during training. This suggests a shift toward more scalable forecasting solutions that require less per-dataset engineering.

Core claim

Foundation models consistently outperform dataset-specific optimized machine learning approaches across all settings and data categories in energy time series forecasting, despite the machine learning models having seen the full historic target data during training. Covariate-informed foundation models achieve the strongest performance. Further analysis reveals a strong correlation between predictive performance and spectral entropy, performance saturation beyond a certain context length, and improved performance at higher aggregation levels such as national load, district heating, and power grid data.

What carries the argument

The FETS benchmark, which organizes energy forecasting use cases by stakeholders, attributes, and data categories and compares foundation models to classical machine learning on 54 collected datasets.

Load-bearing premise

The foundation models were not exposed to any of the evaluation datasets during pretraining and the benchmark comparisons are free of data leakage or selection effects.

What would settle it

Showing that any foundation model was pretrained on data from the 54 evaluation datasets or finding a dataset-specific machine learning model that matches or exceeds the foundation models after exhaustive tuning.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.22328 by Andreas Zeiselmair, Florian Haselbeck, Marco Obermeier, Marco Pruckner.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Zero-shot time series forecasting schematic for univariate and covariate modes: The upper panel view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: An overview of energy forecasts from different perspectives and dimensions. It constitutes a view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Benchmark architecture overview: Datasets are fed into three deployment modes with covariates view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Data splitting and rolling evaluation scheme. Each dataset is divided into a view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Aggregation pipeline of the benchmark results, from individual experiments to the per-category, view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Pairwise relative NRMSE comparison between TabPFN (covariate) and Chronos-2 (covari view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Forecastability analysis for Chronos-2 across all experimental settings. The x-axis shows the view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Context length sensitivity analysis for Chronos-2 (covariate mode) across four representative view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Forecast horizon sensitivity analysis for Chronos-2 (covariate mode) across four representative view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: Aggregation level sensitivity analysis for Chronos-2 (covariate mode) across three representative view at source ↗
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Driven by the transition towards a climate-neutral energy system, accurate energy time series forecasting is critical for planning and operation. Yet, it remains largely a dataset-specific task, requiring comprehensive training data, limiting scalability, and resulting in high model development and maintenance effort. Recently, foundation models that aim to learn generalizable patterns via extensive pretraining have shown superior performance in multiple prediction tasks. Despite their success and strong potential to address challenges in energy forecasting, their application in this domain remains largely unexplored. We address this gap by presenting the Foundation Models in Energy Time Series Forecasting (FETS) benchmark. We (1) provide a structured overview of energy forecasting use cases along three main dimensions: stakeholders, attributes, and data categories; (2) collect and analyze 54 datasets across 9 data categories, guided by typical stakeholder interests; (3) benchmark foundation models against classical machine learning approaches across different forecasting settings. Foundation models consistently outperform dataset-specific optimized machine learning approaches across all settings and data categories, despite the latter having seen the full historic target data during training. In particular, covariate-informed foundation models achieve the strongest performance. Further analysis reveals a strong correlation between predictive performance and spectral entropy, performance saturation beyond a certain context length, and improved performance at higher aggregation levels such as national load, district heating, and power grid data. Overall, our findings highlight the strong potential of foundation models as scalable and generalizable forecasting solutions for the energy domain, particularly in data-constrained and privacy-sensitive settings.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper introduces the FETS benchmark for energy time series forecasting. It structures use cases along stakeholders, attributes, and data categories; compiles and analyzes 54 public datasets across 9 categories; and empirically compares foundation models (including covariate-informed variants) against dataset-specific classical ML baselines. The central claim is that foundation models consistently outperform the baselines across all settings and categories, even though the baselines see the full historic target data, with additional findings on correlations with spectral entropy, context-length saturation, and better performance at higher aggregation levels.

Significance. If the outperformance holds after controlling for data leakage, the work provides concrete evidence that pretrained foundation models can serve as scalable, generalizable alternatives to per-dataset training in energy forecasting. This would be particularly valuable for data-constrained or privacy-sensitive applications. The structured taxonomy of use cases and the scale of the 54-dataset collection constitute a useful resource for the community.

major comments (2)
  1. [Section 4 and Section 5] Section 4 (Benchmark Setup) and Section 5 (Results): No explicit audit, overlap analysis, or deduplication check is reported between the 54 evaluation datasets and the pretraining corpora of the foundation models (e.g., Chronos, TimesFM). Because many public energy, load, and weather series are known to appear in large-scale time-series pretraining data, the observed superiority could reflect memorization rather than the claimed generalization; this directly undermines the headline claim that foundation models succeed 'despite the latter having seen the full historic target data.'
  2. [Section 5] Section 5 (Results): The manuscript reports consistent outperformance but does not supply per-dataset or aggregate quantitative metrics (e.g., MAE, RMSE, or normalized scores), statistical significance tests across the 54 datasets, or details on the hyperparameter search and model-selection protocol used for the classical ML baselines. Without these, the strength and robustness of the central empirical claim cannot be verified.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract and Section 3] Abstract and Section 3: The specific foundation models evaluated are not named in the abstract or early sections, forcing the reader to infer them from later text.
  2. [Figures 4-7] Figure and table captions: Several figures comparing performance across data categories lack error bars or confidence intervals, making it difficult to judge the practical significance of the reported differences.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 1 unresolved

We thank the referee for the constructive feedback on our FETS benchmark paper. The comments correctly identify areas where additional transparency and detail will strengthen the empirical claims. We address each major comment below, indicating the revisions we will incorporate.

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  1. Referee: [Section 4 and Section 5] Section 4 (Benchmark Setup) and Section 5 (Results): No explicit audit, overlap analysis, or deduplication check is reported between the 54 evaluation datasets and the pretraining corpora of the foundation models (e.g., Chronos, TimesFM). Because many public energy, load, and weather series are known to appear in large-scale time-series pretraining data, the observed superiority could reflect memorization rather than the claimed generalization; this directly undermines the headline claim that foundation models succeed 'despite the latter having seen the full historic target data.'

    Authors: We acknowledge that the manuscript does not include an explicit overlap or deduplication analysis between the 54 evaluation datasets and the pretraining corpora. This is a valid concern, as some public energy time series may appear in large-scale pretraining data. We will add a dedicated subsection in Section 4 that (1) summarizes publicly available information on the pretraining corpora of Chronos, TimesFM, and other evaluated models, (2) reports any known overlaps with our datasets, and (3) provides sensitivity results excluding datasets with confirmed overlap where possible. We note that full verification remains limited because complete pretraining data lists are not always disclosed by model developers; however, we will qualify the generalization claims accordingly and emphasize that the foundation models still operate in a zero-shot regime without access to the target series during inference. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [Section 5] Section 5 (Results): The manuscript reports consistent outperformance but does not supply per-dataset or aggregate quantitative metrics (e.g., MAE, RMSE, or normalized scores), statistical significance tests across the 54 datasets, or details on the hyperparameter search and model-selection protocol used for the classical ML baselines. Without these, the strength and robustness of the central empirical claim cannot be verified.

    Authors: We agree that the current presentation of results relies primarily on figures and qualitative statements. We will revise Section 5 to include: (1) tables reporting per-dataset MAE, RMSE, and normalized scores for all models and settings, (2) aggregate statistics (mean, median, standard deviation) across the full 54 datasets and broken down by the 9 data categories, (3) statistical significance tests (e.g., Wilcoxon signed-rank tests with p-values) comparing foundation models against the best baseline on each dataset, and (4) a detailed appendix describing the hyperparameter search protocol for the classical ML baselines, including the grid or random search ranges, validation strategy, and model selection criterion. These additions will allow readers to fully verify the reported outperformance. revision: yes

standing simulated objections not resolved
  • Complete exhaustive deduplication against every foundation model pretraining corpus is not feasible, as some training data details remain proprietary or only partially documented by the model developers.

Circularity Check

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No circularity: pure empirical benchmark with direct comparisons

full rationale

The paper is an empirical benchmark study that collects 54 public datasets, evaluates foundation models against optimized ML baselines on forecasting tasks, and reports performance metrics. No equations, derivations, fitted parameters, or first-principles claims are present in the abstract or described structure. The central claim rests on observed outperformance numbers rather than any reduction to inputs by construction. No self-citations are load-bearing for a mathematical result, and no ansatz or uniqueness theorem is invoked. The data-leakage concern raised by the skeptic is a question of experimental validity and external verification, not an internal circularity in any derivation chain.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

No free parameters, axioms, or invented entities are identifiable from the abstract; the work is an empirical benchmark relying on standard machine learning evaluation practices.

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