Miners in Uzbekistan to pay for electricity three times more than the established tariff

A draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers has been published on the portal for discussing draft normative-legal acts. The draft document was developed by the Ministry of Energy.

Developers of the document propose to make appropriate amendments to the Rules for the use of electric energy, approved by the January 12, 2018 resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.

According to the amendments, consumers, regardless of the connected capacity, carrying out activities on crypto assets, including mining, will pay for electricity using an increase factor of 3.0 times the established tariff of the corresponding tariff group.

It should be recalled that on July 3, Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on measures to develop the digital economy. Then the President instructed to introduce blockchain in the state administration, to develop the cryptocurrency market and mining.