Russian Energy Minister Says Miners Should Pay More for Electricity

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Russian Energy Minister Says Miners Should Pay More for Electricity
Nikolay Shulginov, Russia’s minister of energy, told the TASS agency that cryptocurrency miners should pay more than households for electricity in order to maintain the reliability and good working of the electricity grid, the agency reported Wednesday.The Ministry of Energy is working on solutions, he said, though it’s unclear if any particular bills or directives will be implemented soon.The remark comes soon after the head of Irkuts oblast, a region in Siberia popular with crypto miners, complained miners are running their operations in residential buildings and consuming large amounts of power at retail prices.Governor Igor Kobzev wrote to vice prime…