Sun on a roof in Golinda.

How Golinda comparesderived from the figures above

Where Golinda sits.

Golinda ranks 644th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 47th percentile. Its 1,511 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are August, July, June and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in August and bottoms out in December. In all, 30.2% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Robinson, 10 km northwest: 1,526 kWh per kW, 15 more than Golinda.
• Lorena, 13 km west: 1,533 kWh per kW, 22 more than Golinda.
• Hewitt, 14 km northwest: 1,515 kWh per kW, 4 more than Golinda.
• Riesel, 16 km northeast: 1,516 kWh per kW, 5 more than Golinda.
• Lott, 18 km south: 1,525 kWh per kW, 14 more than Golinda.
• Marlin, 18 km east: 1,503 kWh per kW, 8 less than Golinda.
• Beverly Hills, 19 km northwest: 1,513 kWh per kW, 2 more than Golinda.
• Bruceville-Eddy, 19 km west: 1,506 kWh per kW, 5 less than Golinda.
• Woodway, 21 km northwest: 1,534 kWh per kW, 23 more than Golinda.

Against Austin

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 136 km to the southwest, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Golinda models 28 kWh per kW (1.9%) above it. Golinda lies 1.07 degrees of latitude north of Austin, which on sun angle alone would point the other way, so clouds, haze and the weather station's record carry the difference. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (0.9 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 Fort Worth, 159 km north, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Golinda runs 24 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Golinda runs at least 2% higher in June, August, October. It runs at least 2% lower in February, April, December.

Electricity in McLennan County, Falls CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Golinda 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 Golinda 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 1,511 kWh at $231 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.
• 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.
• 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 Golinda. 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 Golinda 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 $233 per kW a year as plain multiplication.