Congressional inquiry on cryptocurrency energy usage
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Received letter from Senators and members of Congress in January 2022 requesting information about current and planned energy usage; responded on February 24, 2022 with requested information
Source (primary)
Riot 10-K filed 2022-03-16 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “In January 2022, we received a letter from a group of Senators and members of Congress requesting information about our current and planned energy usage. On February 24, we replied to the letter and provided the Senators and members of Congress with the information they requested.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 22, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document confirms the January 2022 congressional letter and Riot's February 24 reply providing the requested information.
Confirmed in the source:
- Riot received a letter from Senators and members of Congress in January 2022 requesting information about its current and planned energy usage
- Riot replied on February 24 (2022) providing the requested information
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997322000280/riot10k1221.htm) in full (467,403 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot 10-K filed 2022-03-16
Quote: “In January 2022, we received a letter from a group of Senators and members of Congress requesting information about our current and planned energy usage. On February 24, we replied to the letter and provided the Senators and members of Congress with the information they requested.”