Texans are prepping for winter weather, and Bitcoin miners are being enlisted to the call.

According to a new seasonal report from the Energy Reliability Council of Texas, 1.7 gigawatts (GW) of ‘Large Flexible Loads’ (LFLs) have been onboarded to the Texas grid.

Mostly Bitcoin mines or data centers, LFLs are one chess piece in the hands of Texas grid operators to keep the lights on during times of high demand.

Indeed, LFLs have the unusual ability among high demand energy users to shut off at a moment’s notice in order to divert energy to other grid participants.

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