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Sun on a roof in Bryan.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Bryan at 1,456 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.2 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 Bryan climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 148, weakest 88: a ratio of 1.68.
How Bryan comparesderived from the figures above
Where Bryan sits.
Bryan ranks 139th of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 12th percentile. Its 1,456 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are August, July, June and the weakest are February, December, January; output peaks in August and bottoms out in February. In all, 29.7% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.4% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- College Station, 12 km southeast: 1,421 kWh per kW, 35 less than Bryan.
- Brenham, 57 km south: 1,469 kWh per kW, 13 more than Bryan.
- Huntsville, 79 km east: 1,413 kWh per kW, 43 less than Bryan.
- Conroe, 94 km southeast: 1,395 kWh per kW, 61 less than Bryan.
- Temple, 108 km northwest: 1,505 kWh per kW, 49 more than Bryan.
- Katy, 111 km southeast: 1,472 kWh per kW, 16 more than Bryan.
- Hutto, 112 km west: 1,528 kWh per kW, 72 more than Bryan.
- Belton, 113 km west: 1,519 kWh per kW, 63 more than Bryan.
- Manor, 119 km west: 1,483 kWh per kW, 27 more than Bryan.
Against Houston
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Houston, 136 km to the southeast, at 1,422 kWh per kW. Bryan models 34 kWh per kW (2.4%) above it. Bryan lies 0.88 degrees of latitude north of Houston, 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 2.4 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Austin, 138 km west, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Bryan runs 27 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, June, July, September, December.
Electricity in Brazos CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
Bryan is served by its own municipal utility, City of Bryan. Municipal utilities in Texas generally sit outside retail choice, so homes in the city buy from the city utility. Its 2025 residential average was 10.89¢ per kWh, which would put the modeled 1,456 kWh at $159 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.
Other providers listed in the county
- Entergy Texas Inc.: 13.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 469,094 residential customers across 27 counties.
- City of College Station: 14.58¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 42,531 residential customers across 1 county.
These serve areas outside the city utility. They are the largest bundled providers 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 Bryan 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 $225 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 711749
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 98.6 |
| February | 88.5 |
| March | 115.0 |
| April | 133.1 |
| May | 140.9 |
| June | 141.6 |
| July | 142.0 |
| August | 148.4 |
| September | 128.6 |
| October | 122.6 |
| November | 106.1 |
| December | 90.4 |
| Year | 1,456 |
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 30.67, -96.38 (Bryan, population 91,541). Weather: typical-year data from station 711749, 2.2 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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