Cryptocurrency Mining and the Electricity Sector

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R48914

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Apr 22, 2026

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May 5, 2026, 2:22 pm UTC

Authors: Corrie E. Clark

Source topics: Electricity, Energy Policy

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Related federal bills

• S 1475A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish requirements on the collection of electricity consumption data and emissions standards for servers and other computing equipment used for cryptocurrency mining, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 6179To amend the Clean Air Act to establish requirements on the collection of electricity consumption data and emissions standards for servers and other computing equipment used for cryptocurrency mining, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 6984To require reports on the effects of data centers on air quality and water quality, and on electricity consumption by data centers.
  119th Congress
• HR 6983To require data centers to generate electricity, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• S 2342An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 7258To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act with respect to functions assigned to Assistant Secretaries, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 7305To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the Department of Energy's Energy Sector Operational Support for Cyberresilience Program to provide operational support for energy sector cybersecurity and resilience.
  119th Congress
• HR 3633To provide for a system of regulation of the offer and sale of digital commodities by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• S 4251A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a voluntary Mined in America Certification Program, to use Federal programs and authorities to promote the replacement of mining hardware related to foreign adversaries with compute infrastructure manufactured in the United States or friendly nations, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress