Texas Bitcoin Miners Score Win In Bid To Block Energy Department's Usage Data Collection

The EIA wants to determine how much electricity Bitcoin mining uses up, but miners have just scored a first win to stop the agency in its tracks. (Credit: AFP)

KEY POINTS

• A Texas district court found that the EIA's move was likely 'an abuse of discretion'
• The EIA is barred from mandating TBC members to respond to the survey
• Riot Platforms and the TBC sued the department for its 'unlawful' data collection bid

Bitcoin miners have scored a win in a battle to block the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) bid to collect data on crypto miners' energy usage, as a Texas court ruled that the agency's move was likely "an abuse of discretion."