SB 1929 - Requires Crypto Miners with an Energy Capacity of At Least 75 Megawatts Register with the Public Utilities Commission - Texas Key Vote
Penny Morales Shaw voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- House Bill Passed
- May 22, 2023
- Senate Bill Passed
- April 12, 2023
- Introduced
- March 8, 2023
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Title: Requires Crypto Miners with an Energy Capacity of At Least 75 Megawatts Register with the Public Utilities Commission
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires miners whose energy capacity is larger than 75 megawatts (MW) to register with the Public Utilities Commission.
Highlights:
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Requires individuals operating a virtual currency mining facility that operates over a total power load of 75 megawatts, provides an interruptible power load and receives electricity from the ECOT power region to register with ERCOT as a Large Flexible Load (Sec. 1).
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Requires the person responsible for the facility to when registering provide information regarding the location and expected demand for the facility (Sec. 1).
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Specifies that the commission will establish a method to ensure that there is compliance with these requirements, what constitutes an interruptible load and that they may share this information with a third party (Sec. 1).
Title: Requires Crypto Miners with an Energy Capacity of At Least 75 Megawatts Register with the Public Utilities Commission
Title: Requires Crypto Miners with an Energy Capacity of At Least 75 Megawatts Register with the Public Utilities Commission