Sun on a roof in Gonzales.

How Gonzales comparesderived from the figures above

Where Gonzales sits.

Gonzales ranks 714th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 42nd percentile. Its 1,504 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are February, December, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in February. In all, 29.3% of the year arrives in June, July and August, about the same than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Waelder, 25 km northeast: 1,485 kWh per kW, 19 less than Gonzales.
• Luling, 27 km northwest: 1,492 kWh per kW, 12 less than Gonzales.
• Shiner, 29 km east: 1,496 kWh per kW, 8 less than Gonzales.
• Moulton, 30 km east: 1,463 kWh per kW, 41 less than Gonzales.
• Smiley, 32 km southwest: 1,478 kWh per kW, 26 less than Gonzales.
• Yoakum, 38 km southeast: 1,463 kWh per kW, 41 less than Gonzales.
• Flatonia, 38 km northeast: 1,488 kWh per kW, 16 less than Gonzales.
• Kingsbury, 39 km northwest: 1,491 kWh per kW, 13 less than Gonzales.
• Nixon, 41 km southwest: 1,494 kWh per kW, 10 less than Gonzales.

Against Austin

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 92 km to the north, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Gonzales models 21 kWh per kW (1.4%) above it. Gonzales lies 0.79 degrees of latitude south of Austin, 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 (2.4 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 San Antonio, 104 km west, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Gonzales runs 1 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Gonzales runs at least 2% higher in October, November. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, April.

Electricity in Gonzales CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists AEP Texas Central in this county. Where Gonzales is on AEP Texas Central's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Gonzales 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 1,504 kWh at $230 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc: 11.59¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 119,030 residential customers across 14 counties.
• Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc: 11.83¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 95,358 residential customers across 13 counties.
• Fayette Electric Coop, Inc: 12.53¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 14,439 residential customers across 8 counties.
• AEP Texas Central Company: 5.91¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 793,896 residential customers across 44 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Gonzales. 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 $232 per kW a year as plain multiplication.