Now this is interesting!

https://gizmodo.com/texas-energy-grid-paid-bitcoin-miner-31-7-million-to-s-1850812843

Texas grid paid firm to stop mining crypto during heatwave

Riot Platforms ended up earning more than three times as much from energy credits than it did from mining actual Bitcoin.

@Mirek a new form of energy ransom lol

How about this report from last month?

Multiple cities ✅

Rolling outages ✅

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2023/08/18/denton-county-cities-sanger-argyle-implement-power-outages-amid-texas-heat/?outputType=amp

2 Denton County cities implement planned outages amid intense heat

Extremely high temperatures have influenced officials in Sanger and Argyle to implement planned outages for some of its residents.

@AaronBreckenridge Nope.

@Mirek please explain how my evidence doesn’t meet the criteria for resolving “yes”

@AaronBreckenridge idk but being limited to "two Denton County cities" doesn't sound like it satisfies "large scale blackouts due to widespread power generation or distribution failures" since to me, since, ya know, that's neither widespread nor large-scale

No record of a blackout so far, we agreed?

@twink_joan_didion Close calls, but currently it is a NO.

@Mirek Sweet thanks

Last year a question worded pretty much exactly like this was very contentious, and ended up getting resolved N/A. Can you clarify a lot more? What size of cities? How big is large scale? Are there any blackouts which aren't due to grid strains? Will you be taking a position in this market?

@NickAllen If it's reported by major media outlets as blackouts in Texas then it resolves yes. Don't think about it too much.

@Mirek just checking to see if there was any reason this wouldn't be trading at 95%+, because big cities experience blackouts every summer, including in Texas. A tighter definition would make it a more interesting question