How does this refute anything I said? Also... your source is misleading in the first place.
https://forkast.news/china-yunnan-to-ban-cryptocurrency-mining-source/
https://www.coindesk.com/chinas-yunnan-to-become-latest-province-to-ban-crypto-mining-report
It is unclear what separates an "illegal" mine from one that is "legal." So.... ???
Even with that said, it does not refute that the most hydroelectric producing provinces HAVE NOT shut down mining for now.
Wu Blockchain tweeted again, citing local media reports on Yunnan’s Bitcoin mining clampdown: “Compared with thermal power regions such as Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, hydropower regions such as Sichuan and Yunnan will be relatively tolerant of Bitcoin mining. But the miners are facing problems after the summer, and electricity supply outside of China may be more stable.”
I'm laying all the info I know out open, its obvious after the wet season is over it may be more bans, or it may be a big
PR stunt and they roll back. But contrary to your earlier comments, its clear energy is wasted due to storage and transport issues all the time, while BTC mines are mobile. So they are letting them stay for now in high hydro regions.