Peak pricing isn't particularly common in residential power metering, though I suppose it might arrive.
The answer would depend on your heating/cooling cycle and usage. Most usage peaks are bimodal: early morning and early afternoon. Those would tend to correspond to morning and evening heating peaks, assuming your residence is largely uninhabited during the day. Overnight demand is usually low.
This could lead to, say, greater use of steam/water heating using thermal storage. Heating a well-insulated water storage tank with off-peak energy, then transferring that to the structure when it's most needed, would be a form of demand averaging / peak shifting. Depending on the storage methods used, boiler explosions might become an increased risk.
If you're using direct-delivery methods, e.g., radiant electric heat as described here, peak pricing would make some of the options used less beneficial on a cost basis.
The answer would depend on your heating/cooling cycle and usage. Most usage peaks are bimodal: early morning and early afternoon. Those would tend to correspond to morning and evening heating peaks, assuming your residence is largely uninhabited during the day. Overnight demand is usually low.
This could lead to, say, greater use of steam/water heating using thermal storage. Heating a well-insulated water storage tank with off-peak energy, then transferring that to the structure when it's most needed, would be a form of demand averaging / peak shifting. Depending on the storage methods used, boiler explosions might become an increased risk.
If you're using direct-delivery methods, e.g., radiant electric heat as described here, peak pricing would make some of the options used less beneficial on a cost basis.