Rate & Roof

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Sun on a roof in Gun Barrel City.

The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Gun Barrel City at 1,481 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 0.9 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 Gun Barrel City climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.

Sun elevation through the day over Gun Barrel City The sun's path at latitude 32.33, computed from solar geometry. The upper dotted arc is the June solstice and the lower one the December solstice; the solid arc is the month being shown.
MonthAll 12 monthsNoon sun-Daylight-Modeled output per kW1,481 kWh

kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 155, weakest 94: a ratio of 1.65.

How Gun Barrel City comparesderived from the figures above

Where Gun Barrel City sits.

Gun Barrel City ranks 887th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 27th percentile. Its 1,481 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, June, August and the weakest are December, January, February; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 30.4% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

  • Mabank, 5 km northeast: 1,497 kWh per kW, 16 more than Gun Barrel City.
  • Tool, 7 km southwest: 1,478 kWh per kW, 3 less than Gun Barrel City.
  • Enchanted Oaks, 7 km south: 1,476 kWh per kW, 5 less than Gun Barrel City.
  • Payne Springs, 8 km southeast: 1,494 kWh per kW, 13 more than Gun Barrel City.
  • Seven Points, 9 km west: 1,480 kWh per kW, 1 less than Gun Barrel City.
  • Eustace, 11 km east: 1,501 kWh per kW, 20 more than Gun Barrel City.
  • Kemp, 15 km northwest: 1,497 kWh per kW, 16 more than Gun Barrel City.
  • Caney City, 16 km southeast: 1,488 kWh per kW, 7 more than Gun Barrel City.
  • Log Cabin, 16 km southeast: 1,488 kWh per kW, 7 more than Gun Barrel City.

Against Dallas

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 79 km to the northwest, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Gun Barrel City models 19 kWh per kW (1.3%) below it. Gun Barrel City lies 0.46 degrees of latitude south of Dallas, 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 Gun Barrel City is 0.9 km from the modeled point, against 2.4 km for Dallas, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.

The second-nearest large place is Fort Worth, 125 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Gun Barrel City runs 54 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, April, November, December.

Electricity in Henderson CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Gun Barrel City is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Gun Barrel City 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 1,481 kWh at $227 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Gun Barrel City. 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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Size the array, see the kWh.

Scale the Gun Barrel City 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.

Modeled estimate

Modeled output, kWh a year

8,886 kWh/yr

About - kWh in an average month. Priced at the chosen rate that energy comes to - a year, by multiplication only.

Assumes the same tilt, direction and equipment as the model below. Real output depends on the roof, shade, equipment and weather.

PVWatts v8station 717359

Month by month, per kW.

Modeled AC output in Gun Barrel City, Texas, kWh per kW DC, typical weather year
MonthkWh per kW
January96.1
February97.2
March119.2
April126.4
May141.3
June148.0
July154.7
August147.2
September132.3
October123.3
November101.9
December93.9
Year1,481

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 32.33, -96.13 (Gun Barrel City, population 6,999). Weather: typical-year data from station 717359, 0.9 km from that point.

Getting a measured number

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Texas electricity prices and providers

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  • A model estimate for a generic system at this point, not a measurement and not a promise of output.
  • Shading, roof pitch, equipment and local rates will differ.
  • All prices on this site are in cents per kWh unless marked otherwise. Bills are US dollars per month.

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