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Break-even electricity price in 2022

The electricity price, in cents per kWh, at which each class of bitcoin miner stops covering its power.

13.5 J/TH (S21 XP class) opened 2022 at 78.7¢ (January 1, 2022) and closed at 18.7¢ (December 31, 2022), down 76.2%. The high was 78.7¢ on January 1, 2022 and the low 17.7¢ on November 27, 2022.

13.5 J/TH (S21 XP class), month by month in 2022

MonthMonth end
January 202255.0¢
February 202253.7¢
March 202265.4¢
April 202253.2¢
May 202239.1¢
June 202227.6¢
July 202232.4¢
August 202228.0¢
September 202223.9¢
October 202221.9¢
November 202217.9¢
December 202218.7¢

The power price at which a machine’s daily revenue exactly equals its electricity bill: above the line it mines at a loss, below it the difference is margin. Each line is a class of machine by efficiency.

Other years: 2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013

Also in 2022: Bitcoin price · Distance from the all-time high · 200-day and 200-week averages · Network hashrate · Mining difficulty · Difficulty adjustments · Fees paid to miners · Transactions per day · Hashprice · Miner revenue · Bitmain releases and the bitcoin price · What a bitcoin costs us to mine, against the market

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