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

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

  • @reddig33
    18•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.

    • Unaware7013
      5•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???