Court Backs County for Electricity Price Hike Targeting Crypto Mining

Cointelegraph

Published Mar 14, 2020 12:31PM ET

Updated Mar 14, 2020 02:40PM ET

A Washington court has ruled against one individual and five companies that sued the Grant County Public Utility District No.2 for suddenly creating a new electricity pricing schedule for power consumed by “emerging industries” in December 2018.

On March 12, Judge Rosanna Peterson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington found that the plaintiffs were unable to demonstrate that the country violated federal electricity laws.

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