§ 19-0331. Moratorium on air permit issuance and renewal.

1. For the period commencing on the effective date of this section and
ending two years after such date, the department, after consultation
with the department of public service, shall not approve a new
application for or issue a new permit pursuant to this article, or
article seventy of this chapter, for an electric generating facility
that utilizes a carbon-based fuel and that provides, in whole or in
part, behind-the-meter electric energy consumed or utilized by
cryptocurrency mining operations that use proof-of-work authentication
methods to validate blockchain transactions.

2. For the period commencing on the effective date of this section and
ending two years after such date, the department shall not approve an
application to renew an existing permit or issue a renewal permit
pursuant to this article for an electric generating facility that
utilizes a carbon-based fuel and that provides, in whole or in part,
behind-the-meter electric energy consumed or utilized by a
cryptocurrency mining operation that uses proof-of-work authentication
methods to validate blockchain transactions if the renewal application
seeks to increase or will allow or result in an increase in the amount
of electric energy consumed or utilized by a cryptocurrency mining
operation that uses proof-of-work authentication methods to validate
blockchain transactions.