Rate & Roof

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Sun on a roof in Bedford.

The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Bedford at 1,542 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 0.0 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 Bedford climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.

Sun elevation through the day over Bedford The sun's path at latitude 32.85, computed from solar geometry. The upper dotted arc is the June solstice and the lower one the December solstice; the solid arc is the month being shown.
MonthAll 12 monthsNoon sun-Daylight-Modeled output per kW1,542 kWh

kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 154, weakest 100: a ratio of 1.53.

How Bedford comparesderived from the figures above

Where Bedford sits.

Bedford ranks 37th of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 77th percentile. Its 1,542 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are June, August, May and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in June and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.2% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.4% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

  • Hurst, 4 km west: 1,536 kWh per kW, 6 less than Bedford.
  • Colleyville, 5 km north: 1,551 kWh per kW, 9 more than Bedford.
  • Euless, 6 km east: 1,556 kWh per kW, 14 more than Bedford.
  • North Richland Hills, 8 km west: 1,565 kWh per kW, 23 more than Bedford.
  • Watauga, 11 km west: 1,558 kWh per kW, 16 more than Bedford.
  • Grapevine, 11 km northeast: 1,568 kWh per kW, 26 more than Bedford.
  • Southlake, 11 km north: 1,526 kWh per kW, 16 less than Bedford.
  • Keller, 12 km northwest: 1,558 kWh per kW, 16 more than Bedford.
  • Haltom City, 13 km west: 1,542 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Bedford.

Against Fort Worth

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 21 km to the west, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Bedford models 7 kWh per kW (0.5%) above it. The two figures are within 1 percent, which is about the size of the difference you get from two neighboring weather stations alone, so this page's result is effectively the same as Fort Worth's.

The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 35 km east, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Bedford runs 42 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Bedford runs at least 2% higher in May, June, August, September, October, December. It runs at least 2% lower in July.

Electricity in Tarrant CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Bedford is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Bedford 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 1,542 kWh at $236 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

  • Denton County Elec Coop, Inc: 13.18¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 310,805 residential customers across 6 counties.
  • Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX): 15.07¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 117,857 residential customers across 16 counties.
  • United Electric Coop Service Inc: 13.91¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 91,268 residential customers across 14 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 Bedford. 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 Bedford 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 15.47¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $239 per kW a year as plain multiplication.

Modeled estimate

Modeled output, kWh a year

9,252 kWh/yr

About - kWh in an average month. Priced at the chosen rate that energy comes to - a year, by multiplication only.

Assumes the same tilt, direction and equipment as the model below. Real output depends on the roof, shade, equipment and weather.

PVWatts v8station 693795

Month by month, per kW.

Modeled AC output in Bedford, Texas, kWh per kW DC, typical weather year
MonthkWh per kW
January101.5
February101.3
March125.4
April136.8
May145.0
June153.6
July143.5
August153.6
September140.2
October132.0
November109.6
December100.1
Year1,542

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 32.85, -97.14 (Bedford, population 48,728). Weather: typical-year data from station 693795, 0.0 km from that point.

Getting a measured number

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Texas electricity prices and providers

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Payback, buyback.

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Read this first

  • A model estimate for a generic system at this point, not a measurement and not a promise of output.
  • Shading, roof pitch, equipment and local rates will differ.
  • All prices on this site are in cents per kWh unless marked otherwise. Bills are US dollars per month.

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