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Sun on a roof in Early.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Early at 1,580 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.1 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 Early climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 156, weakest 101: a ratio of 1.55.
How Early comparesderived from the figures above
Where Early sits.
Early ranks 256th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 79th percentile. Its 1,580 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are December, January, November; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.0% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Brownwood, 5 km southwest: 1,600 kWh per kW, 20 more than Early.
- Blanket, 17 km northeast: 1,581 kWh per kW, 1 more than Early.
- Bangs, 18 km west: 1,615 kWh per kW, 35 more than Early.
- Mullin, 32 km southeast: 1,587 kWh per kW, 7 more than Early.
- Comanche, 37 km northeast: 1,585 kWh per kW, 5 more than Early.
- Santa Anna, 37 km west: 1,616 kWh per kW, 36 more than Early.
- Rising Star, 40 km north: 1,609 kWh per kW, 29 more than Early.
- Coleman, 46 km west: 1,616 kWh per kW, 36 more than Early.
- Goldthwaite, 48 km southeast: 1,579 kWh per kW, 1 less than Early.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 189 km to the northeast, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Early models 45 kWh per kW (2.9%) above it. Early lies 1.04 degrees of latitude south of Fort Worth, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its higher modeled output. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (1.1 km and 1.5 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Austin, 196 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Early runs 97 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Early runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November, December.
Electricity in Brown CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and AEP Texas North in this county. Where Early is on Oncor Electric Delivery and AEP Texas North's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Early 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 1,580 kWh at $242 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Comanche County Elec Coop Assn: 15.65¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 7,487 residential customers across 7 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 Early. 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 Early 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 644993
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 111.6 |
| February | 113.2 |
| March | 131.8 |
| April | 143.1 |
| May | 144.7 |
| June | 149.1 |
| July | 156.5 |
| August | 153.2 |
| September | 137.7 |
| October | 126.1 |
| November | 112.0 |
| December | 101.2 |
| Year | 1,580 |
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 31.74, -98.94 (Early, population 3,174). Weather: typical-year data from station 644993, 1.1 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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