Emergency authorization for cryptocurrency mining survey discontinued
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
EIA Administrator formally requested discontinuation of the emergency authorization for Form EIA-862 data collection, and OMB approved the discontinuance. EIA decided not to proceed through emergency collection procedures for cryptocurrency mining data and will instead proceed through PRA's notice-and-comment procedures if it seeks to collect such data in the future.
Source (primary)
Texas Blockchain Council v. Department of Energy — Entry #24: NOTICE of Agreement by Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Jennifer M (RECAP, court_filing)
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Quote: “Administrator DeCarolis informed OMB in a signed letter that EIA was 'immediately . . . discontinuing (that is, formally withdrawing and ceasing) that emergency collection of Form EIA-862' and 'has decided that it will not proceed through the emergency collection procedures' and 'will proceed through the PRA's notice-and-comment procedures . . . to determine whether to request that OMB approve any collection of information covering such data.'”
How we checked this
Checked on September 18, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The filing's recitals describe the Administrator's February 26, 2024 discontinuance letter, its stated commitments, and OMB's approval that same day.
Confirmed in the source:
- EIA Administrator DeCarolis informed OMB in a signed letter that EIA was formally withdrawing and ceasing the emergency collection of Form EIA-862
- The letter asked OMB to approve discontinuance of the emergency authorization
- OMB issued a Notice of Action approving the discontinuance
- EIA decided not to proceed through emergency collection procedures for data of the type described in Form EIA-862
- EIA said it will proceed through the PRA's notice-and-comment procedures to determine whether to seek approval of any collection of such data
What we did: Read our cached copy of RECAP (https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172776308/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172776308.24.0.pdf) in full (11,936 characters, retrieved September 3, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Texas Blockchain Council v. Department of Energy — Entry #24: NOTICE of Agreement by Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Jennifer M
Quote: “Administrator DeCarolis informed OMB in a signed letter that EIA was 'immediately . . . discontinuing (that is, formally withdrawing and ceasing) that emergency collection of Form EIA-862' and 'has decided that it will not proceed through the emergency collection procedures' and 'will proceed through the PRA's notice-and-comment procedures . . . to determine whether to request that OMB approve any collection of information covering such data.'”