> if paying these miners to stop has the desired effect of reducing the load on the grid, miners not existing would surely have a similar effect. In a privatiz

> if paying these miners to stop has the desired effect of reducing the load on the grid, miners not existing would surely have a similar effect. In a privatized system, a large, predictable, static load would attract additional infrastructure. Assuming how that's how Texas' system works, if these miners did not exist, the peak capacity would be lower.