Rate & Roof

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Sun on a roof in Hedley.

The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Hedley at 1,671 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.2 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 Hedley climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.

Sun elevation through the day over Hedley The sun's path at latitude 34.87, 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 kW1,671 kWh

kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 165, weakest 109: a ratio of 1.52.

How Hedley comparesderived from the figures above

Where Hedley sits.

Hedley ranks 143rd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 88th percentile. Its 1,671 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, June, May and the weakest are December, November, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.8% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

  • Memphis, 19 km southeast: 1,651 kWh per kW, 20 less than Hedley.
  • Clarendon, 22 km west: 1,677 kWh per kW, 6 more than Hedley.
  • Lakeview, 23 km south: 1,676 kWh per kW, 5 more than Hedley.
  • Howardwick, 29 km northwest: 1,680 kWh per kW, 9 more than Hedley.
  • McLean, 40 km north: 1,685 kWh per kW, 14 more than Hedley.
  • Estelline, 41 km southeast: 1,623 kWh per kW, 48 less than Hedley.
  • Wellington, 41 km east: 1,676 kWh per kW, 5 more than Hedley.
  • Shamrock, 54 km northeast: 1,680 kWh per kW, 9 more than Hedley.
  • Groom, 56 km northwest: 1,702 kWh per kW, 31 more than Hedley.

Against Fort Worth

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 384 km to the southeast, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Hedley models 136 kWh per kW (8.9%) above it. Hedley lies 2.09 degrees of latitude north 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 two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (2.2 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 Dallas, 427 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Hedley runs 171 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Hedley runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, November, December.

Electricity in Donley CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

Providers listed in the county

They are the largest bundled providers 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. Priced at the first provider's average, the modeled 1,671 kWh would come to $233 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.

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Size the array, see the kWh.

Scale the Hedley 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 $257 per kW a year as plain multiplication.

Modeled estimate

Modeled output, kWh a year

10,026 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 598771

Month by month, per kW.

Modeled AC output in Hedley, Texas, kWh per kW DC, typical weather year
MonthkWh per kW
January115.6
February118.6
March155.2
April154.8
May158.9
June159.2
July164.8
August157.0
September136.7
October126.4
November115.0
December108.7
Year1,671

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 34.87, -100.66 (Hedley, population 263). Weather: typical-year data from station 598771, 2.2 km from that point.

Getting a measured number

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Texas electricity prices and providers

Next step

Payback, buyback.

The sliders above price the energy at one rate. The payback calculator adds the system cost and your buyback plan type, and shows every assumption. It is an estimate, not advice.

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Read this first

  • 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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