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Sun on a roof in Loraine.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Loraine at 1,672 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 Loraine climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 166, weakest 108: a ratio of 1.53.
How Loraine comparesderived from the figures above
Where Loraine sits.
Loraine ranks 141st of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 89th percentile. Its 1,672 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are May, June, April and the weakest are December, November, February; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 27.9% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Colorado City, 14 km west: 1,696 kWh per kW, 24 more than Loraine.
- Roscoe, 17 km east: 1,673 kWh per kW, 1 more than Loraine.
- Westbrook, 29 km west: 1,701 kWh per kW, 29 more than Loraine.
- Sweetwater, 29 km east: 1,667 kWh per kW, 5 less than Loraine.
- Snyder, 38 km northwest: 1,669 kWh per kW, 3 less than Loraine.
- Roby, 49 km northeast: 1,663 kWh per kW, 9 less than Loraine.
- Blackwell, 51 km southeast: 1,664 kWh per kW, 8 less than Loraine.
- Rotan, 54 km northeast: 1,679 kWh per kW, 7 more than Loraine.
- Trent, 56 km east: 1,646 kWh per kW, 26 less than Loraine.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 317 km to the east, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Loraine models 137 kWh per kW (8.9%) above it. Loraine lies 0.37 degrees of latitude south of Fort Worth, 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 (0.9 km and 1.5 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Austin, 366 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Loraine runs 189 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Loraine runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in Mitchell CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Loraine is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Loraine 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 1,672 kWh at $256 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Taylor Electric Coop Inc: 16.14¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,215 residential customers across 11 counties.
- Concho Valley Elec Coop Inc: 13.5¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 12,230 residential customers across 10 counties.
- Big Country Electric Coop, Inc: 13.33¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 9,533 residential customers across 12 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 Loraine. 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 Loraine 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 $257 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 597114
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 121.6 |
| February | 118.8 |
| March | 138.8 |
| April | 158.2 |
| May | 165.8 |
| June | 159.6 |
| July | 151.5 |
| August | 155.2 |
| September | 137.9 |
| October | 143.1 |
| November | 113.3 |
| December | 108.5 |
| Year | 1,672 |
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 32.41, -100.71 (Loraine, population 497). Weather: typical-year data from station 597114, 0.9 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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