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Sun on a roof in Combes.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Combes at 1,578 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.0 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 Combes climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 154, weakest 103: a ratio of 1.49.
How Combes comparesderived from the figures above
Where Combes sits.
Combes ranks 259th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 79th percentile. Its 1,578 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, May, August and the weakest are December, January, November; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.6% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Primera, 4 km southwest: 1,549 kWh per kW, 29 less than Combes.
- Palm Valley, 6 km south: 1,549 kWh per kW, 29 less than Combes.
- Harlingen, 7 km southeast: 1,530 kWh per kW, 48 less than Combes.
- Santa Rosa, 10 km west: 1,528 kWh per kW, 50 less than Combes.
- La Feria, 14 km southwest: 1,528 kWh per kW, 50 less than Combes.
- Rio Hondo, 15 km east: 1,558 kWh per kW, 20 less than Combes.
- San Benito, 16 km southeast: 1,532 kWh per kW, 46 less than Combes.
- Lyford, 19 km north: 1,545 kWh per kW, 33 less than Combes.
- La Villa, 21 km west: 1,514 kWh per kW, 64 less than Combes.
Against San Antonio
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is San Antonio, 365 km to the north, at 1,505 kWh per kW. Combes models 73 kWh per kW (4.9%) above it. Combes lies 3.21 degrees of latitude south of San Antonio, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its higher modeled output. The weather station for Combes is 1.0 km from the modeled point, against 2.2 km for San Antonio, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.
The second-nearest large place is Austin, 450 km north, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Combes runs 95 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Combes runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, October, November, December.
Electricity in Cameron CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists AEP Texas Central in this county. Where Combes is on AEP Texas Central's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Combes 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 1,578 kWh at $242 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc: 10.51¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 129,596 residential customers across 6 counties.
- Brownsville Public Utilities Board: 11.22¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 48,500 residential customers across 1 county.
- AEP Texas Central Company: 5.91¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 793,896 residential customers across 44 counties.
These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Combes. 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 Combes 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 $243 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 677406
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 105.8 |
| February | 115.4 |
| March | 130.9 |
| April | 141.3 |
| May | 153.1 |
| June | 145.4 |
| July | 153.6 |
| August | 152.5 |
| September | 131.8 |
| October | 131.9 |
| November | 113.0 |
| December | 103.1 |
| Year | 1,578 |
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 26.25, -97.73 (Combes, population 3,259). Weather: typical-year data from station 677406, 1.0 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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