Sun on a roof in Athens.

How Athens comparesderived from the figures above

Where Athens sits.

Athens ranks 887th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 27th percentile. Its 1,481 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are June, August, July and the weakest are December, November, February; output peaks in June and bottoms out in December. In all, 30.1% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Murchison, 11 km northeast: 1,504 kWh per kW, 23 more than Athens.
• Log Cabin, 18 km west: 1,488 kWh per kW, 7 more than Athens.
• Malakoff, 18 km west: 1,498 kWh per kW, 17 more than Athens.
• Caney City, 20 km west: 1,488 kWh per kW, 7 more than Athens.
• Eustace, 21 km northwest: 1,501 kWh per kW, 20 more than Athens.
• Star Harbor, 22 km west: 1,442 kWh per kW, 39 less than Athens.
• Brownsboro, 23 km northeast: 1,484 kWh per kW, 3 more than Athens.
• Payne Springs, 24 km west: 1,494 kWh per kW, 13 more than Athens.
• Moore Station, 24 km east: 1,477 kWh per kW, 4 less than Athens.

Against Dallas

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 110 km to the northwest, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Athens models 19 kWh per kW (1.3%) below it. Athens lies 0.59 degrees of latitude south of Dallas, which on sun angle alone would point the other way, so clouds, haze and the weather station's record carry the difference. 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 Fort Worth, 156 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Athens runs 54 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Athens runs at least 2% higher in May, June. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, April, July, October, November, December.

Electricity in Henderson CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Athens is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Athens 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 1,481 kWh at $227 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc: 12.24¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 82,224 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 Athens. 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.

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Scale the Athens 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 $228 per kW a year as plain multiplication.