EIA to destroy Form EIA-862 emergency collection data
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
EIA will destroy any information received in response to the emergency collection of Form EIA-862 and will sequester and keep such information confidential until destruction.
Source (primary)
Texas Blockchain Council v. Department of Energy — Entry #25: ORDER GRANTING [16] Motion CHAMBER OF DIGITIAL COMMERCES MOTION FOR LEAVE TO INTERVENE AS PLAINTIFF (RECAP, court_filing)
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Quote: “EIA will destroy any information that it has received or will received in response to the emergency collection of Form EIA-862, and will sequester and keep confidential any such information until it is destroyed.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 18, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The order states that under the agreement, Defendants agree EIA will destroy the information and keep it sequestered and confidential until it is destroyed.
Confirmed in the source:
- EIA will destroy any information received in response to the emergency collection of Form EIA-862.
- EIA will sequester and keep that information confidential until it is destroyed.
What we did: Read our cached copy of RECAP (https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172776308/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172776308.25.0.pdf) in full (5,464 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 #25: ORDER GRANTING [16] Motion CHAMBER OF DIGITIAL COMMERCES MOTION FOR LEAVE TO INTERVENE AS PLAINTIFF
Quote: “EIA will destroy any information that it has received or will received in response to the emergency collection of Form EIA-862, and will sequester and keep confidential any such information until it is destroyed.”