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Certification and Licensing Virtual Currency Mining Facility Registration Overview A person operating a virtual currency mining facility receiving retail electric service in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region at either transmission or distribution voltage must, not later than one working day after the date the facility begins receiving retail electric service, register the facility as a large flexible load if the facility requires a total load of more than 75 megawatts (MW) and the facility's interruptible load equals 10 percent or more of the actual or anticipated annual peak demand of the facility. A person operating a virtual currency mining facility that is required to register as a large flexible load under this section and began receiving retail electric service prior to the effective date of this rule must register no later than February 1, 2025. On This Page Required Information Documents Forms Rules - Statutes - Orders Questions and Answers Required Information A registrant must provide the information listed in §25.114(c) using the registration portal: Instructions for using the portal are available here. Registration Portal §25.114(c) requires registrants to provide the following information: (1) The registrant's legal business name, the name of the registrant's corporate parent or parents, the name of the registrant's principals, and all business names of the registrant. (2) A mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the principal place of business of the registrant. (3) The current name, title, business mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address for the registrant's regulatory contact person, and whether the regulatory contact is an internal staff member of the registrant. (4) The form of business being registered (e.g., corporation, partnership, or sole proprietor). (5) Applicable information on file with the Texas Secretary of State, including, the registrant's endorsed certificate of incorporation certified by the Texas Secretary of State, a copy of the registrant's certificate of fact - status or other business registration on file with the Texas Secretary of State. (6) For each virtual currency mining facility operated by the registrant: (A) the name, address, and county of operation of each facility; (B) the identity of the property owner and lessor or facility host; (C) the size of the facility in square feet and a description of the infrastructure, including whether it is fixed or movable, open or enclosed; (D) the names of the transmission and distribution service providers serving the facility and the load zone the facility is located in; (E) the Electric Service Identifier (ESIID) or equivalent unique premise identifier assigned to the facility; (F) the anticipated peak load, in MWs, from the facility for each year of the five-year period beginning on the date of the registration; (G) the percentage of the site load that meets the definition of interruptible load in subsection (b)(3) of this section; and (H) the actual peak load in MWs and total power consumption in MWhs for the prior calendar year, if the facility took retail electric service at any time during the prior calendar year. Documents Virtual Currency Mining Facility Registration Instructions Forms Virtual Currency Mining Facility Registration Affidavit Rules - Statutes - Orders PURA §39.360 16 TAC §25.114 - Registration of Virtual Currency Mining Facilities Questions and Answers If you need information or have a question not covered in the information above, please contact us at: VirtualCurrencyMining@puc.texas.gov.