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Sun on a roof in Denver City.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Denver City at 1,766 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 0.9 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 Denver City climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 170, weakest 113: a ratio of 1.51.
How Denver City comparesderived from the figures above
Where Denver City sits.
Denver City ranks 27th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 98th percentile. Its 1,766 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are April, May, June and the weakest are December, November, January; output peaks in April and bottoms out in December. In all, 27.6% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Plains, 24 km north: 1,774 kWh per kW, 8 more than Denver City.
- Seagraves, 24 km east: 1,778 kWh per kW, 12 more than Denver City.
- Seminole, 32 km southeast: 1,764 kWh per kW, 2 less than Denver City.
- Wellman, 38 km east: 1,760 kWh per kW, 6 less than Denver City.
- Brownfield, 57 km northeast: 1,763 kWh per kW, 3 less than Denver City.
- Sundown, 63 km northeast: 1,752 kWh per kW, 14 less than Denver City.
- Meadow, 71 km northeast: 1,752 kWh per kW, 14 less than Denver City.
- Whiteface, 73 km north: 1,780 kWh per kW, 14 more than Denver City.
- Andrews, 77 km south: 1,759 kWh per kW, 7 less than Denver City.
Against El Paso
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is El Paso, 360 km to the west, at 1,835 kWh per kW. Denver City models 69 kWh per kW (3.8%) below it. Denver City lies 1.12 degrees of latitude north of El Paso, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its lower modeled output. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (0.9 km and 0.9 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Fort Worth, 512 km east, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Denver City runs 231 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Denver City runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in Gaines County, Yoakum CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Denver City is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Denver 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 1,766 kWh at $271 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Southwestern Public Service Co: 13.94¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 223,685 residential customers across 45 counties.
- Lyntegar Electric Coop, Inc: 10.35¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 9,163 residential customers across 12 counties.
- Lea County Electric Coop, Inc: 10.64¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 2,206 residential customers across 3 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 Denver 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.
Modeled estimateruns in your browser
Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Denver 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 $272 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 540561
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 127.7 |
| February | 131.3 |
| March | 157.1 |
| April | 170.3 |
| May | 167.5 |
| June | 166.1 |
| July | 165.1 |
| August | 157.1 |
| September | 143.3 |
| October | 142.2 |
| November | 125.5 |
| December | 113.0 |
| Year | 1,766 |
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 32.97, -102.83 (Denver City, population 4,366). Weather: typical-year data from station 540561, 0.9 km from that point.
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