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Sun on a roof in Arcola.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Arcola at 1,452 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.5 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 Arcola climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 144, weakest 90: a ratio of 1.6.
How Arcola comparesderived from the figures above
Where Arcola sits.
Arcola ranks 1017th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 17th percentile. Its 1,452 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are August, May, July and the weakest are February, December, January; output peaks in August and bottoms out in February. In all, 29.2% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Iowa Colony, 8 km southeast: 1,454 kWh per kW, 2 more than Arcola.
- Missouri City, 10 km northwest: 1,460 kWh per kW, 8 more than Arcola.
- Manvel, 11 km east: 1,454 kWh per kW, 2 more than Arcola.
- Sandy Point, 11 km south: 1,455 kWh per kW, 3 more than Arcola.
- Pearland, 16 km northeast: 1,469 kWh per kW, 17 more than Arcola.
- Thompsons, 17 km west: 1,459 kWh per kW, 7 more than Arcola.
- Stafford, 17 km northwest: 1,452 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Arcola.
- Brookside Village, 18 km northeast: 1,462 kWh per kW, 10 more than Arcola.
- Sugar Land, 18 km northwest: 1,448 kWh per kW, 4 less than Arcola.
Against Houston
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Houston, 33 km to the north, at 1,422 kWh per kW. Arcola models 30 kWh per kW (2.1%) above it. At 0.29 degrees of latitude apart, the two sit at almost the same sun angle, so geometry explains little. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (1.5 km and 2.4 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Austin, 237 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Arcola runs 31 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, April, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in Fort Bend CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric in this county. Where Arcola is on CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Arcola 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 1,452 kWh at $222 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- CenterPoint Energy: 5.41¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 2,529,039 residential customers across 12 counties.
These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Arcola. 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 Arcola 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 $224 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 732202
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 99.5 |
| February | 90.4 |
| March | 124.9 |
| April | 131.7 |
| May | 141.1 |
| June | 138.7 |
| July | 140.5 |
| August | 144.5 |
| September | 123.6 |
| October | 122.0 |
| November | 103.3 |
| December | 92.2 |
| Year | 1,452 |
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 29.5, -95.47 (Arcola, population 2,453). Weather: typical-year data from station 732202, 1.5 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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