Rate & Roof

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Sun on a roof in Hill Country Village.

The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Hill Country Village at 1,503 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.5 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 Hill Country Village climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.

Sun elevation through the day over Hill Country Village The sun's path at latitude 29.58, 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 kW1,503 kWh

kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 151, weakest 93: a ratio of 1.61.

How Hill Country Village comparesderived from the figures above

Where Hill Country Village sits.

Hill Country Village ranks 722nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 41st percentile. Its 1,503 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are December, January, February; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.2% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

  • Hollywood Park, 2 km north: 1,502 kWh per kW, 1 less than Hill Country Village.
  • Shavano Park, 7 km west: 1,456 kWh per kW, 47 less than Hill Country Village.
  • Castle Hills, 7 km southwest: 1,528 kWh per kW, 25 more than Hill Country Village.
  • Alamo Heights, 11 km south: 1,509 kWh per kW, 6 more than Hill Country Village.
  • Balcones Heights, 12 km southwest: 1,499 kWh per kW, 4 less than Hill Country Village.
  • Terrell Hills, 12 km south: 1,509 kWh per kW, 6 more than Hill Country Village.
  • Olmos Park, 12 km south: 1,522 kWh per kW, 19 more than Hill Country Village.
  • Windcrest, 13 km southeast: 1,510 kWh per kW, 7 more than Hill Country Village.
  • San Antonio, 14 km south: 1,505 kWh per kW, 2 more than Hill Country Village.

Against San Antonio

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is San Antonio, 14 km to the south, at 1,505 kWh per kW. Hill Country Village models 2 kWh per kW (0.1%) below it. The two figures are within 1 percent, which is about the size of the difference you get from two neighboring weather stations alone, so this page's result is effectively the same as San Antonio's.

The second-nearest large place is Austin, 107 km northeast, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Hill Country Village runs 20 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Hill Country Village runs at least 2% higher in February, March, November. It runs at least 2% lower in April, May, June, October, December.

Electricity in Bexar 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 1,503 kWh would come to $186 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.

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Size the array, see the kWh.

Scale the Hill Country Village 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 $231 per kW a year as plain multiplication.

Modeled estimate

Modeled output, kWh a year

9,018 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 657482

Month by month, per kW.

Modeled AC output in Hill Country Village, Texas, kWh per kW DC, typical weather year
MonthkWh per kW
January101.3
February108.1
March132.2
April130.6
May136.3
June140.2
July150.6
August147.4
September131.3
October119.8
November112.1
December93.3
Year1,503

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 29.58, -98.49 (Hill Country Village, population 949). Weather: typical-year data from station 657482, 1.5 km from that point.

Getting a measured number

A model cannot see your roof. Installers measure pitch, shade and the electrical panel on site. Quote marketplaces such as EnergySage, SolarReviews and WattBuy collect bids from local installers. Rate & Roof does not rank installers.

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.

Credits and notices

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