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Sun on a roof in Chico.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Chico at 1,569 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 Chico climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 156, weakest 100: a ratio of 1.56.
How Chico comparesderived from the figures above
Where Chico sits.
Chico ranks 282nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 77th percentile. Its 1,569 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are December, November, February; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.2% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Bridgeport, 10 km south: 1,532 kWh per kW, 37 less than Chico.
- Lake Bridgeport, 10 km south: 1,513 kWh per kW, 56 less than Chico.
- Alvord, 11 km northeast: 1,550 kWh per kW, 19 less than Chico.
- Runaway Bay, 15 km southwest: 1,540 kWh per kW, 29 less than Chico.
- Paradise, 20 km southeast: 1,553 kWh per kW, 16 less than Chico.
- Decatur, 21 km east: 1,557 kWh per kW, 12 less than Chico.
- Bowie, 29 km north: 1,567 kWh per kW, 2 less than Chico.
- Boyd, 33 km southeast: 1,543 kWh per kW, 26 less than Chico.
- Jacksboro, 34 km west: 1,563 kWh per kW, 6 less than Chico.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 71 km to the southeast, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Chico models 34 kWh per kW (2.2%) above it. Chico lies 0.52 degrees of latitude north of Fort Worth, 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 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 Dallas, 112 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Chico runs 69 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Chico runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, June, July, August, September, December.
Electricity in Wise CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Chico is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Chico 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 1,569 kWh at $240 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.
- Wise Electric Coop Inc: 15.33¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 20,682 residential customers across 7 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 Chico. 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 Chico 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 $242 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 676705
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 111.8 |
| February | 106.8 |
| March | 129.8 |
| April | 140.4 |
| May | 142.9 |
| June | 149.5 |
| July | 156.5 |
| August | 152.9 |
| September | 144.5 |
| October | 127.1 |
| November | 106.4 |
| December | 100.3 |
| Year | 1,569 |
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 33.3, -97.8 (Chico, population 1,103). Weather: typical-year data from station 676705, 2.2 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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