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Sun on a roof in Lucas.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Lucas at 1,519 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 Lucas climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 159, weakest 87: a ratio of 1.81.
How Lucas comparesderived from the figures above
Where Lucas sits.
Lucas ranks 565th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 54th percentile. Its 1,519 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, June, August and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.9% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Fairview, 5 km northwest: 1,516 kWh per kW, 3 less than Lucas.
- St. Paul, 6 km southeast: 1,534 kWh per kW, 15 more than Lucas.
- Parker, 6 km southwest: 1,523 kWh per kW, 4 more than Lucas.
- Allen, 8 km west: 1,530 kWh per kW, 11 more than Lucas.
- Lowry Crossing, 9 km northeast: 1,522 kWh per kW, 3 more than Lucas.
- Wylie, 9 km southeast: 1,534 kWh per kW, 15 more than Lucas.
- Murphy, 9 km south: 1,506 kWh per kW, 13 less than Lucas.
- Princeton, 11 km northeast: 1,523 kWh per kW, 4 more than Lucas.
- New Hope, 12 km north: 1,508 kWh per kW, 11 less than Lucas.
Against Dallas
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 39 km to the southwest, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Lucas models 19 kWh per kW (1.3%) above it. Lucas lies 0.31 degrees of latitude north 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 Lucas is 1.1 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, 80 km southwest, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Lucas runs 16 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Lucas runs at least 2% higher in June, July, September, October. It runs at least 2% lower in March, August, December.
Electricity in Collin CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Lucas 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 Lucas 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 1,519 kWh at $233 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Denton County Elec Coop, Inc: 13.18¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 310,805 residential customers across 6 counties.
- Grayson-Collin Elec Coop, Inc: 17.04¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 97,950 residential customers across 4 counties.
- Farmers Electric Coop, Inc: 11.95¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 88,221 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 Lucas. 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 Lucas 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 $234 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 707237
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 101.5 |
| February | 98.8 |
| March | 121.5 |
| April | 136.2 |
| May | 144.3 |
| June | 149.7 |
| July | 158.6 |
| August | 146.5 |
| September | 137.1 |
| October | 131.3 |
| November | 106.4 |
| December | 87.4 |
| Year | 1,519 |
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 33.1, -96.58 (Lucas, population 8,840). Weather: typical-year data from station 707237, 1.1 km from that point.
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