Sun on a roof in Covington.

How Covington comparesderived from the figures above

Where Covington sits.

Covington ranks 443rd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 64th percentile. Its 1,535 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, June, August and the weakest are February, December, November; output peaks in July and bottoms out in February. 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

• Itasca, 11 km east: 1,545 kWh per kW, 10 more than Covington.
• Rio Vista, 12 km northwest: 1,546 kWh per kW, 11 more than Covington.
• Grandview, 13 km northeast: 1,535 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Covington.
• Blum, 14 km west: 1,547 kWh per kW, 12 more than Covington.
• Coyote Flats, 20 km north: 1,555 kWh per kW, 20 more than Covington.
• Carl's Corner, 23 km southeast: 1,546 kWh per kW, 11 more than Covington.
• Hillsboro, 23 km southeast: 1,513 kWh per kW, 22 less than Covington.
• Cleburne, 24 km northwest: 1,547 kWh per kW, 12 more than Covington.
• Keene, 25 km north: 1,539 kWh per kW, 4 more than Covington.

Against Fort Worth

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 67 km to the north, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Covington models 0 kWh per kW (0.0%) level with 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 Fort Worth's.

The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 82 km northeast, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Covington runs 35 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Covington runs at least 2% higher in January, April, September, December. It runs at least 2% lower in May, August.

Electricity in Hill CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Covington is on Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Covington 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 1,535 kWh at $235 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 14.82¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 27,850 residential customers across 5 counties.
• Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc: 16.26¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,861 residential customers across 9 counties.
• Navarro County Elec Coop, Inc: 12.92¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,029 residential customers across 5 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 Covington. 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

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Scale the Covington 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 $236 per kW a year as plain multiplication.