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Sun on a roof in College Station.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in College Station at 1,421 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 College Station climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 147, weakest 86: a ratio of 1.71.
How College Station comparesderived from the figures above
Where College Station sits.
College Station ranks 150th of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 5th percentile. Its 1,421 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are February, December, November; output peaks in July and bottoms out in February. In all, 30.5% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.4% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Bryan, 12 km northwest: 1,456 kWh per kW, 35 more than College Station.
- Brenham, 49 km south: 1,469 kWh per kW, 48 more than College Station.
- Huntsville, 73 km east: 1,413 kWh per kW, 8 less than College Station.
- Conroe, 84 km east: 1,395 kWh per kW, 26 less than College Station.
- Katy, 99 km southeast: 1,472 kWh per kW, 51 more than College Station.
- Fulshear, 108 km south: 1,461 kWh per kW, 40 more than College Station.
- Temple, 119 km northwest: 1,505 kWh per kW, 84 more than College Station.
- Hutto, 119 km west: 1,528 kWh per kW, 107 more than College Station.
- Manor, 124 km west: 1,483 kWh per kW, 62 more than College Station.
Against Houston
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Houston, 125 km to the southeast, at 1,422 kWh per kW. College Station models 1 kWh per kW (0.1%) below 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 Houston's.
The second-nearest large place is Austin, 143 km west, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so College Station runs 62 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, November, December.
Electricity in Brazos CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
College Station is served by its own municipal utility, City of College Station. Municipal utilities in Texas generally sit outside retail choice, so homes in the city buy from the city utility. Its 2025 residential average was 14.58¢ per kWh, which would put the modeled 1,421 kWh at $207 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 Bryan: 10.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 62,535 residential customers across 3 counties.
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 College Station 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 $220 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 713421
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 97.7 |
| February | 86.2 |
| March | 108.4 |
| April | 132.4 |
| May | 132.3 |
| June | 140.3 |
| July | 147.4 |
| August | 145.9 |
| September | 128.1 |
| October | 122.6 |
| November | 89.7 |
| December | 89.6 |
| Year | 1,421 |
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 30.59, -96.3 (College Station, population 128,023). Weather: typical-year data from station 713421, 2.2 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
A model cannot see your roof. Installers measure pitch, shade and the electrical panel on site. Quote marketplaces such as EnergySage, SolarReviews and WattBuy collect bids from local installers. Rate & Roof does not rank installers.
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Payback, buyback.
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