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Sun on a roof in Lovelady.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Lovelady at 1,424 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 Lovelady climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 145, weakest 87: a ratio of 1.67.
How Lovelady comparesderived from the figures above
Where Lovelady sits.
Lovelady ranks 1116th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 9th percentile. Its 1,424 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are August, July, June and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in August and bottoms out in December. In all, 30.0% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Crockett, 21 km north: 1,444 kWh per kW, 20 more than Lovelady.
- Trinity, 22 km south: 1,432 kWh per kW, 8 more than Lovelady.
- Latexo, 29 km north: 1,457 kWh per kW, 33 more than Lovelady.
- Groveton, 31 km east: 1,360 kWh per kW, 64 less than Lovelady.
- Riverside, 31 km south: 1,412 kWh per kW, 12 less than Lovelady.
- Midway, 32 km west: 1,446 kWh per kW, 22 more than Lovelady.
- Kennard, 36 km northeast: 1,382 kWh per kW, 42 less than Lovelady.
- Grapeland, 40 km north: 1,438 kWh per kW, 14 more than Lovelady.
- Onalaska, 47 km southeast: 1,378 kWh per kW, 46 less than Lovelady.
Against Houston
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Houston, 149 km to the south, at 1,422 kWh per kW. Lovelady models 2 kWh per kW (0.1%) 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 Houston's.
The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 223 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Lovelady runs 76 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, 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 Lovelady is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Lovelady 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 1,424 kWh at $218 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 Lovelady. 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 Lovelady 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 $219 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 731888
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 93.8 |
| February | 91.0 |
| March | 112.2 |
| April | 133.3 |
| May | 135.8 |
| June | 138.1 |
| July | 143.8 |
| August | 145.3 |
| September | 121.0 |
| October | 121.1 |
| November | 101.0 |
| December | 87.2 |
| Year | 1,424 |
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 31.13, -95.45 (Lovelady, population 590). Weather: typical-year data from station 731888, 0.9 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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