Sun on a roof in Franklin.

How Franklin comparesderived from the figures above

Where Franklin sits.

Franklin ranks 882nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 28th percentile. Its 1,482 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.9% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Calvert, 18 km west: 1,497 kWh per kW, 15 more than Franklin.
• Hearne, 20 km southwest: 1,484 kWh per kW, 2 more than Franklin.
• Bremond, 24 km northwest: 1,501 kWh per kW, 19 more than Franklin.
• Marquez, 32 km northeast: 1,492 kWh per kW, 10 more than Franklin.
• Kurten, 33 km southeast: 1,473 kWh per kW, 9 less than Franklin.
• Kosse, 34 km northwest: 1,497 kWh per kW, 15 more than Franklin.
• Wixon Valley, 34 km southeast: 1,454 kWh per kW, 28 less than Franklin.
• Normangee, 35 km east: 1,474 kWh per kW, 8 less than Franklin.
• Bryan, 41 km south: 1,456 kWh per kW, 26 less than Franklin.

Against Austin

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 145 km to the southwest, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Franklin models 1 kWh per kW (0.1%) below 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 Austin's.

The second-nearest large place is Houston, 174 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,422 kWh per kW, so Franklin runs 60 above that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, April, November, December.

Electricity in Robertson CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Franklin is on Texas-New Mexico Power's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Franklin 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 1,482 kWh at $227 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Entergy Texas Inc.: 13.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 469,094 residential customers across 27 counties.
• City of Bryan: 10.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 62,535 residential customers across 3 counties.
• Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc: 16.26¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,861 residential customers across 9 counties.
• Texas-New Mexico Power Co: 7.09¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 237,930 residential customers across 42 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Franklin. 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 Franklin 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 $228 per kW a year as plain multiplication.