1. A method comprising: calculating predicted load changes for a target radio access point for one or more potential user equipment (UE) handovers from each of a plurality of source radio access points for a radio access network based, at least in part, on application of current measurement data to a trained statistical model representing load changes for the radio access network; determining a set of one or more source radio access points that can be powered off to maximize energy savings or minimize energy consumption for the radio access network; initiating handover to the target radio access point for one or more UE connected to the one or more source radio access points belonging to the set; and powering off the one or more source radio access points belonging to the set.