> Where a portion of a dwelling is used regularly for the conduct of business or where a portion of the electricity supplied is used for other than domestic and incidental farm power, service may be supplied on this Schedule, provided the energy used is in accordance with the regulations defined in Sections 43 and 44 of the District’s Utility Service Regulations. If not, energy shall be billed on General Service Schedule 2.
https://www.chelanpud.org/docs/default-source/default-docume... (I don't believe the Section 43/44 exception applies, as it is discussing temporary service per https://www.chelanpud.org/docs/default-source/default-docume...)
For miners that have negotiated a non-residential supply, there are additional terms that apply (e.g. HIGH DENSITY LOAD Schedule 35) that the miners _may_ not be complying with.
The term "industrial" usually applies to scale.
I wonder what source they will use in response. Generators, solar, move to Quebec?
My problem with that statement is that it doesn't actually answer the question -- it smacks of journalistic supposition and no root facts.
I can run two refrigerators, two freezers and an AC unit all day and night and push myself into the top tier of energy usage, being the equivalent of a closet full of computers running 24/7, but all that would do is push myself into the top tier and cost me lots of moolah -- what's the line between authorized and unauthorized?
Unless those people are bypassing breakers I don’t see what’s the big deal. If the electrical company tells you that you can draw 20A and gives you a 20A breaker then you should be allowed to use it.
> In one instance last year, the transformer outside a bootleg miner’s home overheated and touched off a grass fire, Chelan County PUD officials say.
If a transformer is rated to supply 1000A then you should not under any circumstances allow more to be drawn from it.
However when you sign up for Services you sign up for a given Amp level of service, the Power company then has the expectation to be able to supply you with that level of current at that location
Most residential Homes have either 100 or 200amp service. 100amp service would probably be enough to run about 50 cards (assuming each card running at at 250w power draw that may be high no idea)
That's why they have a different service for business users. If they were equipped to service every home at 100% all of the time, your bill would be about 10x what it currently is.
Another solution is to make a proper “burstable” tariff with the corresponding meter that would give you a baseline current allowance plus a peak current allowance for X seconds.
As it stands however they are selling packages promising X amps and are pissed off because someone is actually using X amps. Well they definitely don’t earn any sympathy from me - this kind of behaviour reeks of scum.
Look, I dislike Bitcoin too, but what I dislike even more is companies making money promising X and then actually cutting you off should you dare to use that X. At the moment, the "miners" are paying for an energy tariff that promises them X and are using X; the fact they're using it on Bitcoin is completely irrelevant, the problem is that a company is making money on false promises and somehow the buyer is the one at fault?
We've already got this bullshit with "unlimited" data, let's not set a precedent by tolerating this for energy tariffs. If the grid can't sustain everyone using 100 amps then they shouldn't be selling 100 amp tariffs and should switch to "burstable" tariffs with a continuous allowance of let's say 50 amps and a "burst" allowance of 100 amps for X seconds.
I'm going to assume you don't live in the US, or haven't ever actually built a new house. You are absolutely not promised the full usage 100% of the time. And they're very clear about that. It's why you must hire a licensed electrician to fill out a load sheet before they'll put a shovel in the ground or a ladder in the air to run service to your premises.
I'm not sure why you keep claiming that, but there isn't a power company in the US that had EVER promised a residential Customer that they could use 100% of the rated line all the time.