The Federal Antimonopoly Service has proposed limiting the energy consumption of miners by setting a special threshold, after which the tariff will be much higher.
how informs “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, the introduction of a special threshold will allow “cutting off” domestic energy consumption from commercial. Thus, ordinary consumers will not suffer, but people who use cheap electricity for their own profit will pay much more for electricity.
At the same time, the expediency of introducing such a threshold, as well as its level, will have to be determined in the regions, because the average level of consumption can vary significantly across the country.
“The problem of cross-subsidization has become more relevant in connection with the spread of commercial cryptocurrency mining. Abnormal consumption creates an overload of electrical networks that were not designed for such capacities. The problem is especially relevant in the Irkutsk region, the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Dagestan, where historically cheap electricity for the population,” said Pavel Sklyanchuk, an expert of the Popular Front.
It is expected that initially the threshold will be quite high, but gradually it will be lowered. So far, these are only FAS recommendations that have not been approved by the government. However, if the recommendations are taken into account, the first differentiated tariffs may appear in Russia in mid-2023.
Recall that in mid-April a similar proposal was made by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
Source: Bits
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