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Sun on a roof in Buffalo.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Buffalo at 1,482 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.5 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 Buffalo climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 150, weakest 94: a ratio of 1.59.
How Buffalo comparesderived from the figures above
Where Buffalo sits.
Buffalo ranks 882nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 28th percentile. Its 1,482 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are August, July, June and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in August and bottoms out in December. In all, 30.0% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Jewett, 13 km southwest: 1,474 kWh per kW, 8 less than Buffalo.
- Centerville, 24 km south: 1,468 kWh per kW, 14 less than Buffalo.
- Oakwood, 25 km northeast: 1,447 kWh per kW, 35 less than Buffalo.
- Teague, 27 km northwest: 1,496 kWh per kW, 14 more than Buffalo.
- Marquez, 30 km southwest: 1,492 kWh per kW, 10 more than Buffalo.
- Fairfield, 30 km north: 1,502 kWh per kW, 20 more than Buffalo.
- Leona, 36 km south: 1,454 kWh per kW, 28 less than Buffalo.
- Kirvin, 42 km northwest: 1,486 kWh per kW, 4 more than Buffalo.
- Groesbeck, 44 km west: 1,498 kWh per kW, 16 more than Buffalo.
Against Dallas
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 162 km to the northwest, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Buffalo models 18 kWh per kW (1.2%) below it. Buffalo lies 1.33 degrees of latitude south of Dallas, 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 (1.5 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 Fort Worth, 190 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Buffalo runs 53 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, April, July, December.
Electricity in Leon CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Buffalo is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Buffalo 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 1,482 kWh at $227 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Entergy Texas Inc.: 13.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 469,094 residential customers across 27 counties.
- Houston County Elec Coop Inc: 15.28¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 21,761 residential customers across 9 counties.
- Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc: 16.26¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,861 residential customers across 9 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 Buffalo. 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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Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Buffalo 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 $228 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 718678
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 96.2 |
| February | 96.0 |
| March | 117.4 |
| April | 132.4 |
| May | 142.0 |
| June | 145.6 |
| July | 148.4 |
| August | 150.0 |
| September | 131.5 |
| October | 123.2 |
| November | 105.1 |
| December | 94.2 |
| Year | 1,482 |
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 31.46, -96.07 (Buffalo, population 1,892). Weather: typical-year data from station 718678, 1.5 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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