These are public utilities, so changing their rate structures so significantly could well require legal changes. And if the solution is outside the utility, then it definitely requires legal changes, as then we're in to the realm of business regulation, and American business regulation is generally of the style of "everything is allowed except for these specifically forbidden things that have proven to be bad".

Of course, if you'd like to propose some less intrusive solution I'm sure both we and the people of Central Washington would be all ears.

This is like asking why the solution to bad software is to commit more code.

It's because the way to fix a bad law is to pass another law. Otherwise you're saying we should keep the bad laws we have and work around it some other way.

Sometimes fixing the symptoms actually is better, but it's not surprising when people suggest changing the code.

Patches on top of patches are not the only way to maintain software.

Some commits are much better than others, but they're all commits.

Sounds like something out of a motivational poster. I say this positively.

Also, unless there is a law compelling them to charge miners the same prices, a new law is not needed. The utility can just implement it as a price policy.

What are the other solutions?

Agreed, they should just straight up cut off power to miners if they want them to go away.

There are externalities that they want to control for some people but not others or through a means other than a price hike on everyone.

Everything looks like a nail when you've a hammer in your hand.

Because when you live in a "civilised" society such as ours, an individual has no power outside of asking those with power to do things for us.