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Break-even electricity price in 2025

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 2025 at 17.1¢ (January 1, 2025) and closed at 11.6¢ (December 31, 2025), down 32.2%. The high was 18.7¢ on July 16, 2025 and the low 11.2¢ on November 26, 2025.

13.5 J/TH (S21 XP class), month by month in 2025

MonthMonth end
January 202518.7¢
February 202516.0¢
March 202514.7¢
April 202515.1¢
May 202517.2¢
June 202517.0¢
July 202518.2¢
August 202516.6¢
September 202515.3¢
October 202514.6¢
November 202511.6¢
December 202511.6¢

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 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013

Also in 2025: 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 · Miner prices per terahash · Bitmain releases and the bitcoin price

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