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The case has been sent back to the Department of Environmental Conservation, which initially denied Greenidge a permit.

Greenidge Generation sued the state after the Department of Environmental Conservation refused to renew its permit to operate. The judge in the case said he would rule by Nov. 14.

Greenidge Generation has been mining bitcoin at the power plant in Yates County since 2019. Its current permit is set to expire on September 9.

New York's Environmental Conservation Department denied renewal of Greenidge Generation’s air pollution permits last year. The judge upheld that the company's cryptocurrency operation is inconsistent with the state’s climate law. Now, an administrative law judge is allowing Greenidge’s appeal to move forward, but is narrowing the arguments the company can make.

Greenidge Generation is leasing a majority of its miners to another company in order to reduce its debt burden.

The Seneca Lake power plant and Bitcoin mining facility is installing wedge wire screens on its intake pipe, a complaint of environmental activists.

Water intake and pollution permits for the controversial power plant and cryptocurrency mining facility expire at the end of September.

The DEC maintained its previous position that the facility did not comply with New York’s statutory climate goals.

Hochul said recently that she is still considering whether to sign the moratorium legislation. The DEC has set a deadline of June 30 to address Greenidge’s permits.

“I appreciate the ambition, but we want to see what the science says, what the facts say on the application and ultimately we'll make a determination on that and that alone."