The replies miss the point: Shifting from natural gas heating and water heating cannot help flatten the duck curve, except by overall raising the demand for el

The replies miss the point: Shifting from natural gas heating and water heating cannot help flatten the duck curve, except by overall raising the demand for electricity. Most car charging is currently overnight, which doesn't match use of solar (the low part of the duck curve). To flatten the duck curve, we need to raise that low part and lower the later part. And if you drop the temperature of the house way low in advance, yes, you use much more power, you reduce the comfort (at least of some people!) And you still only push your peak demand out a little bit. Again, "use more power" isn't a good option to flatten the curve.