I had some questions: What about Winter? The paper (see sci-hub) shows a winter decrease in electricity use and an increase in water use. Both are smaller in m

I had some questions: What about Winter? The paper (see sci-hub) shows a winter decrease in electricity use and an increase in water use. Both are smaller in magnitude than the summer increases, but not broken down by city. But does Chicago already use more electricity in Summer than Winter? If it's the other way around, this would actually improve the consistency of demand and reduce the peak. I would expect a northern city to have higher winter use than summer, due to heating, no? Was Chicago cherry-picked? No. Indianapolis is worse. Chicago was the biggest city in a region they looked at so it's a fair one to focus on. Is this a problem? No. The issue is more about planning it right in advance, not that needing more water and electricity is a problem. If we now know how to plan more accurately, then this is good news, not bad.