家用燃气冷却设备有助于电力公司调整部分夏季峰值负荷曲线。详细说明了通过考虑一系列关键变量，对此类峰值降低和由此产生的工厂成本节约进行初步估算的方法。关键变量包括服务区域的天气模式、住宅区建筑存量的大小和分布、天然气配送线路的可用性、天然气冷却设备的市场渗透率（作为最大可能渗透率的一部分），以及发电的历史电厂成本。以北加利福尼亚公用事业服务区为例，详细说明了该方法的应用。关键词:1995年，计算，家用，燃气，制冷，设备，供电，夏季，高峰负荷，成本，天气，美国，负荷管理，建筑，规模，分布，案例研究，成本效益分析引文: 研讨会，ASHRAE Trans。1995年，第101卷，第2部分

Residential gas-fired cooling equipment helps electric utilities trim a portion of the summer peak load curve. Details a methodology for developing initial estimates of such peak reduction and the consequent savings in plant costs by taking into account a set of key variables. The key variables include the weather patterns over the service territory, the size and distribution of building stock for the residential sector, the availability of gas distribution lines, the market penetration of gas cooling equipment, as a fraction of the maximum possible penetration, and the historical plant cost for generating power. The application of the methodology is illustrated in detail by using a Northern California utility service territory as a case study.KEYWORDS: year 1995, calculating, domestic, gas fired, cooling, equipment, electricity supply, summer, peak load, costs, weather, USA, load management, buildings, size, distribution, case studies, cost benefit analysis