Conventional power load forecasting frameworks face limitations in dynamic spatial topology capture and long-term dependency modeling. To address these issues, this study proposes a hybrid GAT-CNN-LSTM architecture for enhanced short-term power load forecasting. The model integrates three core components synergistically: Graph Attention Network (GAT) dynamically captures spatial correlations via adaptive node weighting, resolving static topology constraints; a CNN-LSTM module extracts multi-scale temporal features—convolutional kernels decompose load fluctuations, while bidirectional LSTM layers model long-term trends; and a gated fusion mechanism adaptively weights and fuses spatio-temporal features, suppressing noise and enhancing sensitivity to critical load periods. Experimental validations on multi-city datasets show significant improvements: the model outperforms baseline models by a notable margin in error reduction, exhibits stronger robustness under extreme weather, and maintains superior stability in multi-step forecasting. This study concludes that the hybrid model balances spatial topological analysis and temporal trend modeling, providing higher accuracy and adaptability for STLF in complex power grid environments.
Huang et al. (2025) studied this question.