“This is a case about sloppy government process, contrived and self-inflicted urgency, and invasive government data collection,” the February 22 court filing begins. The lawsuit alleges that the Energy Information Administration (EIA) has overreached in its desire to monitor the electrical usage of certain crypto miners following an emergency data collection approval from the Office of Management and Budget at the end of last month.
“This move is part of a broader strategy by Senator Warren and the Biden Administration as they take a “whole of government approach” to attack the digital asset industry,” Lee Batcher, President of the Texas Blockchain Council, said in a statement. “The TBC, alongside industry partners, views this as a direct assault on private businesses under the guise of an emergency, lacking legitimate grounds and demonstrating clear political bias.
Representatives for Riot, EIA, and TBC were not immediately available for comment at the time of the article’s publication.
