61.   The company produced several hundred megawatts a day at gas-fired plants to meet peak demand.

62.   The experts suggested a variety of reasons that the difference between electric supplies and peak demand had become uncomfortably small.

63.   The dam makes money by providing power at times of peak electricity demand, when the price is higher than it is the rest of the day.

64.   The fourth quarter is traditionally the period of peak consumer demand as jewelry-makers prepare for the busy Christmas period.

65.   The drop in demand could come as a seasonal rise in refinery output for peak summer gasoline demand is increasing heating oil supply.

66.   The drop in peak demand raised concern that demand for electricity in the territory is weakening.

67.   The heat is forcing utilities to burn more gas than normal in generating plants to meet peak electricity demand for air conditioning.

68.   The outlook is especially troubling because California has been extremely slow in building new plants, relying instead on electricity surpluses from other states to meet rising peak demand.

69.   The refinery problem is one of many that threatens gasoline supplies at a time of peak demand.

70.   The problems, the commission found, resulted in part from legislative rules that permitted power generators to legally influence prices during periods of peak demand.