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Hydro-Québec Looks to Suspend Power Distribution to Crypto Miners in Bid to Save Capacity – Mining Bitcoin News

According to a Hydro-Québec newsroom report, the company has asked the electricity transmission and distribution regulator, Régie de l’énergie, to cease offering services to crypto miners. The Hydro-Québec report stresses that “growth in electricity demand is expected to continue in Québec. Hydro-Québec Targets Blockchain Industry in Order to Stave off Electricity

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Canadian Energy Provider Hydro-Québec Proposes Stopping Electricity Supply to Blockchain Industry

The energy use of the miners have been a topic of debate globally. Most recently, A group of seven Democratic lawmakers in Washington, D.C., led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), said they are looking into the energy usage and carbon emissions of the bitcoin mining industry in Texas, where many

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