Sun on a roof in Austwell.

How Austwell comparesderived from the figures above

Where Austwell sits.

Austwell ranks 865th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 29th percentile. Its 1,484 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are August, July, May and the weakest are January, February, December; output peaks in August and bottoms out in January. In all, 29.9% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Seadrift, 12 km east: 1,527 kWh per kW, 43 more than Austwell.
• Port Lavaca, 33 km northeast: 1,480 kWh per kW, 4 less than Austwell.
• Fulton, 41 km southwest: 1,539 kWh per kW, 55 more than Austwell.
• Point Comfort, 41 km northeast: 1,547 kWh per kW, 63 more than Austwell.
• Refugio, 43 km west: 1,492 kWh per kW, 8 more than Austwell.
• Rockport, 43 km southwest: 1,541 kWh per kW, 57 more than Austwell.
• Bayside, 49 km southwest: 1,515 kWh per kW, 31 more than Austwell.
• Woodsboro, 51 km west: 1,494 kWh per kW, 10 more than Austwell.
• Victoria, 51 km north: 1,478 kWh per kW, 6 less than Austwell.

Against San Antonio

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is San Antonio, 202 km to the northwest, at 1,505 kWh per kW. Austwell models 21 kWh per kW (1.4%) below it. Austwell lies 1.07 degrees of latitude south of San Antonio, 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 (3.0 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 Houston, 210 km northeast, where the same model gives 1,422 kWh per kW, so Austwell runs 62 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Austwell runs at least 2% higher in May, October. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, April, June, September, December.

Electricity in Refugio CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists AEP Texas Central in this county. Where Austwell is on AEP Texas Central's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Austwell 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 1,484 kWh at $227 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Victoria Electric Coop, Inc: 12.4¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 21,716 residential customers across 6 counties.
• San Patricio Electric Coop Inc: 14.16¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 10,087 residential customers across 9 counties.
• AEP Texas Central Company: 5.91¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 793,896 residential customers across 44 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Austwell. 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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Starting rate: the Texas residential average of 15.4¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $229 per kW a year as plain multiplication.