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Sun on a roof in Joshua.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Joshua at 1,548 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 Joshua climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 159, weakest 92: a ratio of 1.73.
How Joshua comparesderived from the figures above
Where Joshua sits.
Joshua ranks 363rd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 70th percentile. Its 1,548 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are December, February, November; 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
- Cross Timber, 5 km northeast: 1,532 kWh per kW, 16 less than Joshua.
- Burleson, 8 km northeast: 1,553 kWh per kW, 5 more than Joshua.
- Briaroaks, 9 km northeast: 1,528 kWh per kW, 20 less than Joshua.
- Keene, 9 km southeast: 1,539 kWh per kW, 9 less than Joshua.
- Cleburne, 13 km south: 1,547 kWh per kW, 1 less than Joshua.
- Crowley, 13 km north: 1,542 kWh per kW, 6 less than Joshua.
- Coyote Flats, 14 km southeast: 1,555 kWh per kW, 7 more than Joshua.
- Godley, 14 km west: 1,538 kWh per kW, 10 less than Joshua.
- Alvarado, 17 km east: 1,531 kWh per kW, 17 less than Joshua.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 36 km to the north, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Joshua models 13 kWh per kW (0.8%) above 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 Fort Worth's.
The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 68 km northeast, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Joshua runs 48 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Joshua runs at least 2% higher in January, March, April, June, July, September. It runs at least 2% lower in October, December.
Electricity in Johnson CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Joshua is on Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Joshua 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 1,548 kWh at $237 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.
- 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 Joshua. 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 Joshua 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 $238 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 687885
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 108.8 |
| February | 102.3 |
| March | 132.6 |
| April | 141.1 |
| May | 145.7 |
| June | 150.6 |
| July | 158.7 |
| August | 151.1 |
| September | 138.2 |
| October | 120.5 |
| November | 106.6 |
| December | 91.6 |
| Year | 1,548 |
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 32.46, -97.38 (Joshua, population 9,146). Weather: typical-year data from station 687885, 1.1 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.
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Payback, buyback.
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