Sun on a roof in Goldsmith.

How Goldsmith comparesderived from the figures above

Where Goldsmith sits.

Goldsmith ranks 18th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 99th percentile. Its 1,781 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are April, May, June and the weakest are December, November, February; 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

• Odessa, 28 km southeast: 1,759 kWh per kW, 22 less than Goldsmith.
• Andrews, 38 km north: 1,759 kWh per kW, 22 less than Goldsmith.
• Kermit, 47 km west: 1,782 kWh per kW, 1 more than Goldsmith.
• Midland, 48 km east: 1,739 kWh per kW, 42 less than Goldsmith.
• Thorntonville, 53 km southwest: 1,755 kWh per kW, 26 less than Goldsmith.
• Monahans, 56 km southwest: 1,769 kWh per kW, 12 less than Goldsmith.
• Wink, 56 km southwest: 1,793 kWh per kW, 12 more than Goldsmith.
• Wickett, 59 km southwest: 1,766 kWh per kW, 15 less than Goldsmith.
• Pyote, 68 km southwest: 1,767 kWh per kW, 14 less than Goldsmith.

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. Goldsmith models 54 kWh per kW (2.9%) below it. At 0.13 degrees of latitude apart, the two sit at almost the same sun angle, so geometry explains little. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (1.1 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 San Antonio, 482 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Goldsmith runs 276 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Goldsmith runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in Ector CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Goldsmith is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Goldsmith 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 1,781 kWh at $273 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.
• 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 Goldsmith. 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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Starting rate: the Texas residential average of 15.4¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $274 per kW a year as plain multiplication.