To ease load on aging grid, state program offers energy credits to bitcoin miners to curtail their power consumption.

  • reddig33@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So fucking ridiculous.

    By the way, Texas has a huge “rainy day” fund they haven’t spent from in years. Any sane administration would be pouring some of that into upgrading the grid.

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      1 year ago

      And miss out on all that sweet rate spike during high demand periods?? Do you really think keeping a few people from baking/freezing to death is worth giving that up???