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Sun on a roof in Hudson.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Hudson at 1,356 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.1 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 Hudson climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 135, weakest 79: a ratio of 1.7.
How Hudson comparesderived from the figures above
Where Hudson sits.
Hudson ranks 1211th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 1st percentile. Its 1,356 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.7% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Lufkin, 5 km east: 1,362 kWh per kW, 6 more than Hudson.
- Burke, 9 km south: 1,367 kWh per kW, 11 more than Hudson.
- Diboll, 14 km south: 1,374 kWh per kW, 18 more than Hudson.
- Huntington, 20 km east: 1,365 kWh per kW, 9 more than Hudson.
- Wells, 25 km northwest: 1,382 kWh per kW, 26 more than Hudson.
- Nacogdoches, 35 km north: 1,401 kWh per kW, 45 more than Hudson.
- Corrigan, 36 km south: 1,359 kWh per kW, 3 more than Hudson.
- Zavalla, 39 km southeast: 1,357 kWh per kW, 1 more than Hudson.
- Kennard, 39 km west: 1,382 kWh per kW, 26 more than Hudson.
Against Houston
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Houston, 180 km to the south, at 1,422 kWh per kW. Hudson models 66 kWh per kW (4.6%) below it. Hudson lies 1.53 degrees of latitude north of Houston, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its lower modeled output. The weather station for Hudson is 1.1 km from the modeled point, against 2.4 km for Houston, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.
The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 249 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Hudson runs 144 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in Angelina CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Hudson is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Hudson 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 1,356 kWh at $208 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc: 14.18¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 88,424 residential customers across 10 counties.
- Houston County Elec Coop Inc: 15.28¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 21,761 residential customers across 9 counties.
- Jasper-Newton Elec Coop, Inc: 14.1¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 21,316 residential customers across 5 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 Hudson. 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
Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Hudson 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 $209 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 746556
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 91.6 |
| February | 79.8 |
| March | 104.3 |
| April | 127.1 |
| May | 130.6 |
| June | 133.1 |
| July | 135.0 |
| August | 135.0 |
| September | 122.1 |
| October | 117.1 |
| November | 100.6 |
| December | 79.3 |
| Year | 1,356 |
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 31.32, -94.78 (Hudson, population 5,288). Weather: typical-year data from station 746556, 1.1 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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