Sun on a roof in Balmorhea.

How Balmorhea comparesderived from the figures above

Where Balmorhea sits.

Balmorhea ranks 63rd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 95th percentile. Its 1,742 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are May, April, March and the weakest are December, November, January; 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

• Toyah, 37 km north: 1,782 kWh per kW, 40 more than Balmorhea.
• Town of Pecos, 50 km northeast: 1,792 kWh per kW, 50 more than Balmorhea.
• Barstow, 62 km northeast: 1,780 kWh per kW, 38 more than Balmorhea.
• Alpine, 69 km south: 1,783 kWh per kW, 41 more than Balmorhea.
• Marfa, 79 km south: 1,829 kWh per kW, 87 more than Balmorhea.
• Fort Stockton, 83 km east: 1,763 kWh per kW, 21 more than Balmorhea.
• Valentine, 85 km southwest: 1,803 kWh per kW, 61 more than Balmorhea.
• Pyote, 86 km northeast: 1,767 kWh per kW, 25 more than Balmorhea.
• Grandfalls, 94 km northeast: 1,763 kWh per kW, 21 more than Balmorhea.

Against El Paso

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is El Paso, 273 km to the west, at 1,835 kWh per kW. Balmorhea models 93 kWh per kW (5.1%) below it. Balmorhea lies 0.87 degrees of latitude south of El Paso, 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 (1.1 km and 0.9 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.

The second-nearest large place is San Antonio, 529 km east, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Balmorhea runs 237 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Balmorhea runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in Reeves CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery, AEP Texas North, and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Balmorhea is on Oncor Electric Delivery, AEP Texas North, and Texas-New Mexico Power's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Balmorhea 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 1,742 kWh at $267 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc: 18.29¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 9,371 residential customers across 18 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 Balmorhea. 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 Balmorhea 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 $268 per kW a year as plain multiplication.