(TNS) -- Chelan County, Wash., Public Utility District (PUD) commissioners Monday capped an 18-month public discussion by approving new rates and service conditions for energy-intense server farms, including Bitcoin operations.
None of the Bitcoin-focused business owners who have participated in discussion and negotiation of the new rates and conditions were present for the unanimous vote.
The new “high-density load (HDL)” rate classification is called “Schedule 35.” It applies to customers whose operations consume 250 kilowatt hours of power per square foot of operational floor space per year, but require less than 5 average megawatts of power at any time.
http://www.govtech.com/budget-finance/Chelan-County-Wash-Ramps-Up-Rates-for-Bitcoin-Server-Farms.html
