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Sun on a roof in Alamo.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Alamo at 1,540 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.3 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 Alamo climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 151, weakest 100: a ratio of 1.52.
How Alamo comparesderived from the figures above
Where Alamo sits.
Alamo ranks 40th of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 75th percentile. Its 1,540 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are August, July, June and the weakest are January, December, February; output peaks in August and bottoms out in January. In all, 29.0% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.4% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- San Juan, 3 km west: 1,557 kWh per kW, 17 more than Alamo.
- Pharr, 7 km west: 1,547 kWh per kW, 7 more than Alamo.
- Weslaco, 13 km east: 1,540 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Alamo.
- McAllen, 14 km west: 1,575 kWh per kW, 35 more than Alamo.
- Edinburg, 16 km north: 1,575 kWh per kW, 35 more than Alamo.
- Mission, 21 km west: 1,598 kWh per kW, 58 more than Alamo.
- Alton, 23 km northwest: 1,570 kWh per kW, 30 more than Alamo.
- Harlingen, 42 km east: 1,530 kWh per kW, 10 less than Alamo.
- San Benito, 48 km east: 1,532 kWh per kW, 8 less than Alamo.
Against San Antonio
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is San Antonio, 367 km to the north, at 1,505 kWh per kW. Alamo models 35 kWh per kW (2.3%) above it. Alamo lies 3.28 degrees of latitude south of San Antonio, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its higher modeled output. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (2.3 km and 2.2 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Austin, 460 km north, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Alamo runs 57 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Alamo runs at least 2% higher in February, April, November, December. It runs at least 2% lower in January.
Electricity in Hidalgo CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and AEP Texas Central in this county. Where Alamo is on Oncor Electric Delivery and AEP Texas Central's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Alamo 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 1,540 kWh at $236 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc: 10.51¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 129,596 residential customers across 6 counties.
- Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC: 5.64¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 3,545,814 residential customers across 99 counties.
These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Alamo. 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 Alamo 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 $238 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 668135
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 99.7 |
| February | 108.6 |
| March | 127.2 |
| April | 142.4 |
| May | 144.2 |
| June | 144.3 |
| July | 150.5 |
| August | 151.3 |
| September | 133.2 |
| October | 126.7 |
| November | 110.4 |
| December | 101.6 |
| Year | 1,540 |
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 26.18, -98.12 (Alamo, population 20,694). Weather: typical-year data from station 668135, 2.3 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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Payback, buyback.
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