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Sun on a roof in Abilene.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Abilene at 1,650 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 0.0 km away. A modeled estimate for a standard setup, not a measurement of any roof.
A year on one roof.
Scroll from January to December: the noon sun over Abilene climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 159, weakest 106: a ratio of 1.5.
How Abilene comparesderived from the figures above
Where Abilene sits.
Abilene ranks 10th of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 94th percentile. Its 1,650 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are July, June, May and the weakest are December, February, November; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.2% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.4% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- San Angelo, 131 km southwest: 1,652 kWh per kW, 2 more than Abilene.
- Stephenville, 145 km east: 1,584 kWh per kW, 66 less than Abilene.
- Big Spring, 166 km west: 1,716 kWh per kW, 66 more than Abilene.
- Weatherford, 188 km east: 1,563 kWh per kW, 87 less than Abilene.
- Wichita Falls, 198 km northeast: 1,592 kWh per kW, 58 less than Abilene.
- Benbrook, 215 km east: 1,552 kWh per kW, 98 less than Abilene.
- Cleburne, 219 km east: 1,547 kWh per kW, 103 less than Abilene.
- Crowley, 224 km east: 1,542 kWh per kW, 108 less than Abilene.
- Burleson, 226 km east: 1,553 kWh per kW, 97 less than Abilene.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 227 km to the east, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Abilene models 115 kWh per kW (7.5%) above it. Abilene lies 0.33 degrees of latitude south of Fort Worth, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its higher modeled output. The weather station for Abilene is 0.0 km from the modeled point, against 1.5 km for Fort Worth, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.
The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 281 km east, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Abilene runs 150 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Abilene runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in Taylor County, Jones CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists AEP Texas North in this county. Where Abilene is on AEP Texas North's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Abilene may instead be served by a co-op or utility listed below, which sets its own rates; check your bill. For scale only, the median 2025 average price across the 60 Texas retail providers on this site is 15.32¢ per kWh, which would put the modeled 1,650 kWh at $253 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Taylor Electric Coop Inc: 16.14¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,215 residential customers across 11 counties.
- Big Country Electric Coop, Inc: 13.33¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 9,533 residential customers across 12 counties.
- AEP Texas North Company: 5.86¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 158,488 residential customers across 51 counties.
These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Abilene. They are the largest bundled providers, and the largest delivery-only one, whose EIA service territory lists the county. A county can list several, and which one serves a street depends on the address, so check your bill.
Modeled estimateruns in your browser
Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Abilene model to another array size, take off extra losses for shade or dirt, and price the energy at any rate. It is arithmetic on the PVWatts output above, nothing more: not a quote, not a savings estimate and not advice.
Starting rate: the Texas residential average of 15.47¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $255 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 623239
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 118.2 |
| February | 112.1 |
| March | 148.2 |
| April | 152.6 |
| May | 156.3 |
| June | 158.2 |
| July | 159.2 |
| August | 147.9 |
| September | 142.8 |
| October | 131.6 |
| November | 116.1 |
| December | 106.3 |
| Year | 1,650 |
Model assumptions
- System size
- 1 kWDC, results scale per kW
- Mount
- fixed roof mount
- Tilt
- 20°
- Azimuth
- 180°due south
- Modules
- standard
- System losses
- 14%
Location 32.45, -99.74 (Abilene, population 130,501). Weather: typical-year data from station 623239, 0.0 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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