... US where electric heating would have anywhere near 60% market share by site would be regions with relatively mild winters and involve quite a substantial amount of reverse cycle air-conditioning in that share.

So the stronger summer than winter electric peak has distinct causes in different parts of the US, where in cold parts of the US such as Northeast Ohio, the strong summer peak is because of limited market share for electric heat and while in hotter parts of the US the strong summer peak is in part because cooling is such a large overall energy demand relative to heating even with high shares of electric heating.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.