Crypto Mining: The Flexible Load Wildcard
July 29, 2026 | 1:00 p.m. EST | Part 4
Crypto mining is one of the most price-responsive load resources on the grid — fast to ramp, fast to curtail, and increasingly large enough to move market fundamentals when it does either.
As crypto capacity grows, the market dynamics that follow are anything but predictable.
Alex Bennitt, Product Manager and former market fundamentals manager at Yes Energy, closes out the Summer Demand Series by digging into what crypto mining actually looks like as a grid resource, using operational data from Yes Energy. We’ll explore what happens to market conditions when gigawatts of crypto mining demand curtails in a matter of minutes
You'll walk away understanding:
- Current crypto capacity levels
- Real operational data from crypto mining facilities reveals about load behavior
- How approximately 3 GW of near-simultaneous load curtailment affects market fundamentals
- What the future trajectory of this resource could mean for grid operators, traders, and planners
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Meet the Speakers

Product Manager
Alex Bennitt is the Product Manager for real-time grid data at Yes Energy, where he utilizes almost a decade of power market fundamentals and operations experience to help steer product direction. In his free time, Alex is an avid skier who chases snow almost year-round.
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