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Sun on a roof in Gholson.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Gholson at 1,507 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.9 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 Gholson climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 153, weakest 90: a ratio of 1.69.
How Gholson comparesderived from the figures above
Where Gholson sits.
Gholson ranks 689th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 44th percentile. Its 1,507 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are December, February, November; 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
- Ross, 12 km east: 1,503 kWh per kW, 4 less than Gholson.
- Lacy-Lakeview, 15 km southeast: 1,508 kWh per kW, 1 more than Gholson.
- Aquilla, 16 km north: 1,505 kWh per kW, 2 less than Gholson.
- Waco, 17 km south: 1,511 kWh per kW, 4 more than Gholson.
- West, 17 km northeast: 1,513 kWh per kW, 6 more than Gholson.
- Bellmead, 19 km southeast: 1,496 kWh per kW, 11 less than Gholson.
- Leroy, 21 km east: 1,509 kWh per kW, 2 more than Gholson.
- Beverly Hills, 22 km south: 1,513 kWh per kW, 6 more than Gholson.
- Valley Mills, 22 km west: 1,514 kWh per kW, 7 more than Gholson.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 119 km to the north, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Gholson models 28 kWh per kW (1.8%) below it. Gholson lies 1.07 degrees of latitude south of Fort Worth, which on sun angle alone would point the other way, so clouds, haze and the weather station's record carry the difference. The weather station for Gholson is 2.9 km from the modeled point, against 1.5 km for Fort Worth, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.
The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 128 km north, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Gholson runs 7 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Gholson runs at least 2% higher in January. It runs at least 2% lower in February, May, November, December.
Electricity in McLennan CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Gholson 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 Gholson 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 1,507 kWh at $231 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.
- Heart of Texas Electric Coop: 11.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 18,476 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 Gholson. 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 Gholson 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 $232 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 692053
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 106.9 |
| February | 97.9 |
| March | 126.0 |
| April | 133.2 |
| May | 139.3 |
| June | 146.2 |
| July | 153.0 |
| August | 151.7 |
| September | 133.9 |
| October | 124.3 |
| November | 104.3 |
| December | 90.3 |
| Year | 1,507 |
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 31.71, -97.24 (Gholson, population 1,231). Weather: typical-year data from station 692053, 2.9 km from that point.
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