The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia has devised a system to charge amateur crypto miners higher electricity costs. The organization claims that their strategy to addressing the problem of rising home consumption, which is attributable in part to the growing popularity of mining, can lower the pressure on electrical networks.
According to an article in the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper, the Russian Federation maintains differential electricity pricing based on consumer status and region. Businesses subsidize consumer prices with their own tariffs, which can be up to two times higher than the general population’s rates.
According to the Community of Energy Consumers, private consumers frequently try to profit from their low prices by powering everything from vehicle repair firms to woodworking shops. As a result, grids in residential areas are overburdened, as they were not built to handle the increased power use brought on by home mining.
The FAS now wants to establish an electrical consumption threshold, above which higher tariffs will be applied. Thus, domestic needs will be isolated from commercial needs, according to the anti-monopoly service. The consumption of various household equipment, especially those with higher power consumption, such as air conditioners, will be tracked.
According to the FAS, each Russian region will be allowed to determine the quantity of electricity that will be given at preferential prices, taking into consideration factors such as power demand for heating during the winter months and the length of the heating season. The federal government gave regional governments the authority to set their own electricity pricing in December.
The expansion of improvised crypto mining farms minting coins in basements and garages has caused power supply networks in residential areas of numerous regions with historically cheap electricity tariffs, such as Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, and Dagestan, to fail.
Differentiated tariffs are projected to decrease interest in mining and other sources of income at the expense of subsidized residential electricity. The agency anticipates that the new strategy will reduce manufacturing costs for firms, which are then reflected in the prices of their goods and services, lowering inflation.
The suggestion comes as Russian lawmakers consider a new bitcoin mining draft law. The legislation intends to govern the industry in the country, which has abundant low-cost energy resources and pleasant weather. Officials have admitted that Russia’s competitive advantages have the potential to convert it into a worldwide mining leader.
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