It will apply to grow ops. But, the issue has to do with keeping average rates low for the owners of the utility; all of the citizens of the county. Remember, this is a PUBLIC utility, not owned by greedy corporate types. The power is produced by 2 large utility owned dams on the Columbia River. The rates are kept low because a large surplus of power is sold on the spot market to utilities all down the west coast when there are peak loads in those areas. The rates far exceed the price bitcoin farms have to pay. There will be far less surplus power to sell, resulting in lost revenue, thus forcing up rates payed by all customers.
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It will apply to grow ops. But, the issue has to do with keeping average rates low for the owners of the utility; all of the citizens of the county. Remember, this is a PUBLIC utility, not owned by greedy corporate types. The power is produced by 2 large utility owned dams on the Columbia River. The rates are kept low because a large surplus of power is sold on the spot market to utilities all down the west coast when there are peak loads in those areas. The rates far exceed the price bitcoin farms have to pay. There will be far less surplus power to sell, resulting in lost revenue, thus forcing up rates payed by all customers.