stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 10 months agoTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down110file-text
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To ease load on aging grid, state program offers energy credits to bitcoin miners to curtail their power consumption.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoCertain large industrial customers might get paid to voluntarily shed loads as part of a service level agreement, but those agreements should include rates structured to make mining unprofitable.
Certain large industrial customers might get paid to voluntarily shed loads as part of a service level agreement, but those agreements should include rates structured to make mining unprofitable.