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Sun on a roof in Crystal City.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Crystal City at 1,566 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 Crystal City climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 158, weakest 106: a ratio of 1.49.
How Crystal City comparesderived from the figures above
Where Crystal City sits.
Crystal City ranks 290th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 76th percentile. Its 1,566 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are December, November, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in November. 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
- Carrizo Springs, 18 km south: 1,575 kWh per kW, 9 more than Crystal City.
- Asherton, 28 km south: 1,563 kWh per kW, 3 less than Crystal City.
- Big Wells, 29 km southeast: 1,552 kWh per kW, 14 less than Crystal City.
- Uvalde, 59 km north: 1,550 kWh per kW, 16 less than Crystal City.
- Eagle Pass, 63 km west: 1,576 kWh per kW, 10 more than Crystal City.
- Dilley, 63 km east: 1,566 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Crystal City.
- Cotulla, 64 km southeast: 1,564 kWh per kW, 2 less than Crystal City.
- Pearsall, 75 km east: 1,538 kWh per kW, 28 less than Crystal City.
- Spofford, 78 km northwest: 1,550 kWh per kW, 16 less than Crystal City.
Against San Antonio
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is San Antonio, 153 km to the northeast, at 1,505 kWh per kW. Crystal City models 61 kWh per kW (4.1%) above it. Crystal City lies 0.77 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 Crystal City 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, 269 km northeast, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Crystal City runs 83 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Crystal City runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, July, December.
Electricity in Zavala CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists AEP Texas Central in this county. Where Crystal City is on AEP Texas Central's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Crystal City 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 1,566 kWh at $240 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Medina Electric Coop, Inc: 12.54¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 30,778 residential customers across 17 counties.
- Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc: 18.29¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 9,371 residential customers across 18 counties.
- 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 Crystal City. 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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Scale the Crystal City 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 $241 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 620780
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 106.5 |
| February | 115.2 |
| March | 134.9 |
| April | 141.1 |
| May | 142.4 |
| June | 147.3 |
| July | 158.0 |
| August | 151.7 |
| September | 132.6 |
| October | 124.6 |
| November | 105.9 |
| December | 105.9 |
| Year | 1,566 |
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 28.69, -99.83 (Crystal City, population 6,009). Weather: typical-year data from station 620780, 1.0 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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