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  "disclosure": "Analysis and drafting were model-assisted; sources, code, assumptions, and evidence hashes are disclosed.",
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    "alt": "Chart for How many hours of thermal inertia does price-aware heating need?: two-hour thermal-shift wholesale signal, shown as 1 h, 2 h, 4 h, 6 h.",
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  "multiplicity": "Within-family Holm control applies to inferential claims; this descriptive result makes no unadjusted significance claim.",
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    "interpretation": "This is the observed price-range opportunity scaled by a two-hour inertia assumption.",
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  "title": "How many hours of thermal inertia does price-aware heating need?"
}