Sun on a roof in Ballinger.

How Ballinger comparesderived from the figures above

Where Ballinger sits.

Ballinger ranks 175th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 86th percentile. Its 1,647 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are August, July, April and the weakest are January, December, February; output peaks in August and bottoms out in January. In all, 28.6% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Winters, 23 km north: 1,634 kWh per kW, 13 less than Ballinger.
• Paint Rock, 26 km south: 1,653 kWh per kW, 6 more than Ballinger.
• Miles, 27 km southwest: 1,635 kWh per kW, 12 less than Ballinger.
• Bronte, 36 km northwest: 1,649 kWh per kW, 2 more than Ballinger.
• Novice, 42 km northeast: 1,616 kWh per kW, 31 less than Ballinger.
• Lawn, 49 km northeast: 1,611 kWh per kW, 36 less than Ballinger.
• Blackwell, 52 km northwest: 1,664 kWh per kW, 17 more than Ballinger.
• Coleman, 52 km east: 1,616 kWh per kW, 31 less than Ballinger.
• Robert Lee, 53 km west: 1,662 kWh per kW, 15 more than Ballinger.

Against Austin

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 265 km to the southeast, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Ballinger models 164 kWh per kW (11.1%) above it. Ballinger lies 1.44 degrees of latitude north of Austin, 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 (2.2 km and 1.5 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, 271 km northeast, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Ballinger runs 112 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Ballinger runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in Runnels CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists AEP Texas North in this county. Where Ballinger is on AEP Texas North's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Ballinger 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 1,647 kWh at $252 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Taylor Electric Coop Inc: 16.14¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,215 residential customers across 11 counties.
• Concho Valley Elec Coop Inc: 13.5¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 12,230 residential customers across 10 counties.
• AEP Texas North Company: 5.86¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 158,488 residential customers across 51 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Ballinger. 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

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Scale the Ballinger 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 $254 per kW a year as plain multiplication.