1. One or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising: importing latest available load data from a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system associated with an electrical grid; validating the data using a ramp rate filter test and a load level filter test; smoothing the data using an augmented Savitzky-Golay filter using lift factors appropriate to a time of day; generating a near-term forecast, a ramp rate forecast and a short-term forecast using exogenously supplied data; passing the smoothed data to the near-term forecast; combining the near-term forecast and the ramp rate forecast to create a stitched forecast; and blending the stitched forecast and the short-term forecast to produce a unified forecast; wherein the unified forecast is configured to regulate a spinning reserve of the electrical grid.