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Sun on a roof in Kennard.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Kennard at 1,382 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 Kennard climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 141, weakest 89: a ratio of 1.59.
How Kennard comparesderived from the figures above
Where Kennard sits.
Kennard ranks 1182nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 3rd percentile. Its 1,382 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are August, May, July and the weakest are February, January, December; output peaks in August and bottoms out in February. 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
- Crockett, 26 km west: 1,444 kWh per kW, 62 more than Kennard.
- Wells, 27 km northeast: 1,382 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Kennard.
- Latexo, 28 km west: 1,457 kWh per kW, 75 more than Kennard.
- Grapeland, 31 km northwest: 1,438 kWh per kW, 56 more than Kennard.
- Groveton, 34 km south: 1,360 kWh per kW, 22 less than Kennard.
- Alto, 34 km north: 1,390 kWh per kW, 8 more than Kennard.
- Lovelady, 36 km southwest: 1,424 kWh per kW, 42 more than Kennard.
- Hudson, 39 km east: 1,356 kWh per kW, 26 less than Kennard.
- Burke, 43 km east: 1,367 kWh per kW, 15 less than Kennard.
Against Houston
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Houston, 176 km to the south, at 1,422 kWh per kW. Kennard models 40 kWh per kW (2.8%) below it. Kennard lies 1.57 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 two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (1.5 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 Dallas, 218 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Kennard runs 118 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in Houston CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Kennard is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Kennard 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 1,382 kWh at $212 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Entergy Texas Inc.: 13.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 469,094 residential customers across 27 counties.
- Houston County Elec Coop Inc: 15.28¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 21,761 residential customers across 9 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 Kennard. 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 Kennard 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 $213 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 738350
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 90.0 |
| February | 88.7 |
| March | 115.6 |
| April | 126.6 |
| May | 133.6 |
| June | 129.9 |
| July | 133.0 |
| August | 141.2 |
| September | 120.0 |
| October | 111.1 |
| November | 97.9 |
| December | 94.1 |
| Year | 1,382 |
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 31.36, -95.19 (Kennard, population 285). Weather: typical-year data from station 738350, 1.5 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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