Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of energy-saving technologies and disclose a load prediction method, an apparatus, and an energy-saving control communications system, so as to improve accuracy in load prediction and achieve a better effect in energy saving. The method includes: acquiring load information of a local load entity; acquiring load information of a load entity adjacent to the local load entity; and predicting load of the local load entity in a next period according to the load information of the local load entity and the load information of the load entity adjacent to the local load entity. The embodiments of the present disclosure are mainly applied to energy-saving scheduling for a device on a communications network.