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Sun on a roof in Anthony.

The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Anthony at 1,833 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.9 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 Anthony climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.

Sun elevation through the day over Anthony The sun's path at latitude 31.99, computed from solar geometry. The upper dotted arc is the June solstice and the lower one the December solstice; the solid arc is the month being shown.
MonthAll 12 monthsNoon sun-Daylight-Modeled output per kW1,833 kWh

kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 183, weakest 125: a ratio of 1.46.

How Anthony comparesderived from the figures above

Where Anthony sits.

Anthony ranks 6th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 100th percentile. Its 1,833 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are May, April, June and the weakest are December, January, February; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 26.5% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

  • Vinton, 3 km south: 1,824 kWh per kW, 9 less than Anthony.
  • El Paso, 22 km southeast: 1,835 kWh per kW, 2 more than Anthony.
  • Socorro, 50 km southeast: 1,822 kWh per kW, 11 less than Anthony.
  • Horizon City, 52 km southeast: 1,883 kWh per kW, 50 more than Anthony.
  • San Elizario, 56 km southeast: 1,843 kWh per kW, 10 more than Anthony.
  • Clint, 57 km southeast: 1,880 kWh per kW, 47 more than Anthony.
  • Dell City, 132 km east: 1,842 kWh per kW, 9 more than Anthony.
  • Van Horn, 198 km southeast: 1,829 kWh per kW, 4 less than Anthony.
  • Valentine, 253 km southeast: 1,803 kWh per kW, 30 less than Anthony.

Against El Paso

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is El Paso, 22 km to the southeast, at 1,835 kWh per kW. Anthony models 2 kWh per kW (0.1%) below it. The two figures are within 1 percent, which is about the size of the difference you get from two neighboring weather stations alone, so this page's result is effectively the same as El Paso's.

The second-nearest large place is San Antonio, 822 km east, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Anthony runs 328 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Anthony runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in El Paso CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

Providers listed in the county

They are the largest bundled providers 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. Priced at the first provider's average, the modeled 1,833 kWh would come to $254 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.

Modeled estimateruns in your browser

Size the array, see the kWh.

Scale the Anthony 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 15.4¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $282 per kW a year as plain multiplication.

Modeled estimate

Modeled output, kWh a year

10,998 kWh/yr

About - kWh in an average month. Priced at the chosen rate that energy comes to - a year, by multiplication only.

Assumes the same tilt, direction and equipment as the model below. Real output depends on the roof, shade, equipment and weather.

PVWatts v8station 66538

Month by month, per kW.

Modeled AC output in Anthony, Texas, kWh per kW DC, typical weather year
MonthkWh per kW
January127.0
February131.6
March165.4
April177.1
May182.9
June168.7
July157.2
August159.7
September155.5
October149.3
November133.1
December125.4
Year1,833

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 31.99, -106.6 (Anthony, population 4,542). Weather: typical-year data from station 66538, 2.9 km from that point.

Getting a measured number

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Texas electricity prices and providers

Next step

Payback, buyback.

The sliders above price the energy at one rate. The payback calculator adds the system cost and your buyback plan type, and shows every assumption. It is an estimate, not advice.

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Read this first

  • A model estimate for a generic system at this point, not a measurement and not a promise of output.
  • Shading, roof pitch, equipment and local rates will differ.
  • All prices on this site are in cents per kWh unless marked otherwise. Bills are US dollars per month.

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