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Sun on a roof in Italy.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Italy at 1,522 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.4 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 Italy climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 154, weakest 96: a ratio of 1.59.
How Italy comparesderived from the figures above
Where Italy sits.
Italy ranks 536th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 56th percentile. Its 1,522 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, May and the weakest are February, December, November; output peaks in July and bottoms out in February. In all, 29.6% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Milford, 10 km southwest: 1,509 kWh per kW, 13 less than Italy.
- Frost, 14 km southeast: 1,518 kWh per kW, 4 less than Italy.
- Mertens, 14 km south: 1,501 kWh per kW, 21 less than Italy.
- Maypearl, 17 km northwest: 1,512 kWh per kW, 10 less than Italy.
- Carl's Corner, 19 km southwest: 1,546 kWh per kW, 24 more than Italy.
- Blooming Grove, 19 km southeast: 1,527 kWh per kW, 5 more than Italy.
- Bardwell, 20 km northeast: 1,492 kWh per kW, 30 less than Italy.
- Waxahachie, 24 km north: 1,518 kWh per kW, 4 less than Italy.
- Itasca, 25 km west: 1,545 kWh per kW, 23 more than Italy.
Against Dallas
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 68 km to the north, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Italy models 22 kWh per kW (1.5%) above it. Italy lies 0.6 degrees of latitude south of Dallas, 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 2.4 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Fort Worth, 79 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Italy runs 13 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Italy runs at least 2% higher in January, September, December. It runs at least 2% lower in February, April.
Electricity in Ellis CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Italy is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Italy 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 1,522 kWh at $233 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- United Electric Coop Service Inc: 13.91¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 91,268 residential customers across 14 counties.
- HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 14.82¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 27,850 residential customers across 5 counties.
- Navarro County Elec Coop, Inc: 12.92¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,029 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 Italy. 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 Italy 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 $234 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 699480
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 106.8 |
| February | 96.4 |
| March | 123.3 |
| April | 130.9 |
| May | 145.2 |
| June | 144.6 |
| July | 153.5 |
| August | 152.0 |
| September | 139.3 |
| October | 124.8 |
| November | 106.2 |
| December | 99.5 |
| Year | 1,522 |
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 32.19, -96.89 (Italy, population 2,130). Weather: typical-year data from station 699480, 2.4 km from that point.
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