The
Energy
Information
Administration,
a
division
within
the
Department
of
Energy,
said
it
would
solicit
feedback
on
its
crypto
miner
survey
after
coming
to
an
agreement
with
the
Texas
Blockchain
Council
and
Riot
Platforms
(RIOT).
According
to
the
agreement,
the
EIA
will
publish
a
notice
proposing
its
planned
miner
survey,
taking
comments
for
60
days.
The
notice
will
replace
the
previous
survey,
which
was
issued
under
emergency
status.
The
survey,
which
asked
miners
questions
about
their
energy
usage,
was
originally
published
earlier
this
month,
with
EIA
giving
mining
firms
just
a
few
weeks
to
respond
or
face
fines.
It
was
The
Texas
Blockchain
Council
and
Riot
sued,
securing
a
temporary
restraining
order
last
week.
A
hearing
scheduled
for
earlier
this
week
was
canceled
after
the
parties
announced
they
had
reached
an
agreement.
The
EIA
will
“destroy
any
information
that
it
has
already
received,”
the
agreement
said,
as
well
as
any
other
information
it
receives
from
the
emergency
survey.
“Defendants
agree
that
in
considering
the
comments
submitted
in
response
to
the
New
Federal
Register
Notice,
EIA
will
also
consider
any
comments
submitted
in
response
to
the
February
9
Notice
as
if
they
had
been
submitted
in
response
to
the
New
Federal
Register
Notice,”
the
filing
said.
The
agency
may
still
choose
to
issue
the
survey
after
the
comment
period
ends,
according
to
the
filing.
The
Department
of
Energy
will
also
pay
the
plaintiffs’
attorneys’
fees,
totaling
just
under
$2,200.
