Dataset of metadata of documents returned from a search in Scopus database and saved in .csv format. This dataset is used for a bibliographic analysis (about electricity consumption forecasting) in the PhD thesis of the author. The Scopus search was done on 5th November 2021. The query corresponds to: TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( *power* OR "*load consumption*" OR "*load forecast*" OR "*load predict*" OR *consumption* ) AND ( *predict* OR *forecast* ) ) AND ( LIMIT-TO ( SUBJAREA , "ENGI" ) OR LIMIT-TO ( SUBJAREA , "ENER" ) OR LIMIT-TO ( SUBJAREA , "COMP" ) ) In total, 245421 documents were returned from the search. The dataset contains the metadata that was possible to export and download from these documents.