Forecasts are quite important for effective implementation of
energy policies. Accurate forecasts of electricity energy consumption
or production are vital when demand grows faster, as in the
case of Turkey. Forecasts also guide MENR to take necessary actions
of the energy policy. The aim of this study is to indicate to
the officials the importance of using alternative forecasting methods.
In this regard, this research proposes Model 2 as a suitable
ANN model to efficiently estimate the energy consumption for
Turkey. The proposed ANN model predicted the energy consumption
better than the multiple linear and power regression models
in terms of relative errors and RMSE’s.