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Sun on a roof in Lindale.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Lindale at 1,478 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 0.9 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 Lindale climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 151, weakest 93: a ratio of 1.63.
How Lindale comparesderived from the figures above
Where Lindale sits.
Lindale ranks 912th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 25th percentile. Its 1,478 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, May and the weakest are January, February, December; output peaks in July and bottoms out in January. 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
- Hideaway, 5 km west: 1,481 kWh per kW, 3 more than Lindale.
- Mineola, 19 km north: 1,477 kWh per kW, 1 less than Lindale.
- Chandler, 21 km south: 1,487 kWh per kW, 9 more than Lindale.
- Tyler, 21 km southeast: 1,463 kWh per kW, 15 less than Lindale.
- Winona, 22 km east: 1,450 kWh per kW, 28 less than Lindale.
- Van, 22 km west: 1,481 kWh per kW, 3 more than Lindale.
- Hawkins, 23 km northeast: 1,460 kWh per kW, 18 less than Lindale.
- Edom, 23 km southwest: 1,469 kWh per kW, 9 less than Lindale.
- Noonday, 28 km south: 1,466 kWh per kW, 12 less than Lindale.
Against Dallas
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 132 km to the west, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Lindale models 22 kWh per kW (1.5%) below it. Lindale lies 0.3 degrees of latitude south of Dallas, which on sun angle alone would point the other way, so clouds, haze and the weather station's record carry the difference. The weather station for Lindale is 0.9 km from the modeled point, against 2.4 km for Dallas, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.
The second-nearest large place is Fort Worth, 184 km west, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Lindale runs 57 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, June, August, November, December.
Electricity in Smith CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Lindale is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Lindale 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 1,478 kWh at $226 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Southwestern Electric Power Co: 12.6¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 157,119 residential customers across 25 counties.
- Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp: 12.71¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 44,971 residential customers across 10 counties.
- Wood County Electric Coop, Inc: 12.83¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 36,173 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 Lindale. 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 Lindale 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 $228 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 732826
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 92.7 |
| February | 93.5 |
| March | 119.0 |
| April | 135.8 |
| May | 144.7 |
| June | 141.7 |
| July | 151.2 |
| August | 146.5 |
| September | 132.7 |
| October | 123.9 |
| November | 102.0 |
| December | 94.6 |
| Year | 1,478 |
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 32.49, -95.41 (Lindale, population 7,227). Weather: typical-year data from station 732826, 0.9 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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