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Sun on a roof in Belton.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Belton at 1,519 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.9 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 Belton climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 152, weakest 95: a ratio of 1.59.
How Belton comparesderived from the figures above
Where Belton sits.
Belton ranks 75th of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 53rd percentile. Its 1,519 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are December, February, November; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.4% of the year arrives in June, July and August, about the same than the 29.4% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Temple, 10 km northeast: 1,505 kWh per kW, 14 less than Belton.
- Harker Heights, 15 km west: 1,518 kWh per kW, 1 less than Belton.
- Killeen, 24 km west: 1,530 kWh per kW, 11 more than Belton.
- Copperas Cove, 42 km west: 1,539 kWh per kW, 20 more than Belton.
- Georgetown, 47 km southwest: 1,518 kWh per kW, 1 less than Belton.
- Hutto, 57 km south: 1,528 kWh per kW, 9 more than Belton.
- Round Rock, 60 km south: 1,522 kWh per kW, 3 more than Belton.
- Waco, 63 km northeast: 1,511 kWh per kW, 8 less than Belton.
- Leander, 65 km southwest: 1,532 kWh per kW, 13 more than Belton.
Against Austin
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 87 km to the south, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Belton models 36 kWh per kW (2.4%) above it. Belton lies 0.75 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 (1.9 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, 193 km north, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Belton runs 16 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Belton runs at least 2% higher in January, April. It runs at least 2% lower in December.
Electricity in Bell CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Belton is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Belton 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 1,519 kWh at $233 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc: 12.75¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 420,753 residential customers across 24 counties.
- Heart of Texas Electric Coop: 11.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 18,476 residential customers across 7 counties.
- Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc: 15.23¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 12,402 residential customers across 5 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 Belton. 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 Belton 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 $235 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 685920
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 107.2 |
| February | 100.5 |
| March | 126.0 |
| April | 139.9 |
| May | 139.9 |
| June | 145.4 |
| July | 151.6 |
| August | 149.3 |
| September | 132.6 |
| October | 124.7 |
| November | 106.8 |
| December | 95.2 |
| Year | 1,519 |
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 31.05, -97.48 (Belton, population 25,635). Weather: typical-year data from station 685920, 1.9 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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