Sun on a roof in Matador.

How Matador comparesderived from the figures above

Where Matador sits.

Matador ranks 154th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 87th percentile. Its 1,661 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are May, July, June and the weakest are December, February, November; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.4% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Roaring Springs, 14 km south: 1,692 kWh per kW, 31 more than Matador.
• Turkey, 42 km north: 1,671 kWh per kW, 10 more than Matador.
• Dickens, 45 km south: 1,682 kWh per kW, 21 more than Matador.
• Quitaque, 45 km northwest: 1,698 kWh per kW, 37 more than Matador.
• Paducah, 48 km east: 1,658 kWh per kW, 3 less than Matador.
• Floydada, 48 km west: 1,721 kWh per kW, 60 more than Matador.
• Crosbyton, 57 km southwest: 1,740 kWh per kW, 79 more than Matador.
• Lockney, 58 km west: 1,693 kWh per kW, 32 more than Matador.
• Spur, 60 km south: 1,677 kWh per kW, 16 more than Matador.

Against Fort Worth

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 350 km to the east, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Matador models 126 kWh per kW (8.2%) above it. Matador lies 1.24 degrees of latitude north of Fort Worth, which on sun angle alone would point the other way, so clouds, haze and the weather station's record carry the difference. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (1.1 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 Dallas, 400 km east, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Matador runs 161 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Matador runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in Motley CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists AEP Texas North in this county. Where Matador is on AEP Texas North's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Matador 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 1,661 kWh at $254 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Southwestern Public Service Co: 13.94¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 223,685 residential customers across 45 counties.
• South Plains Electric Coop Inc: 11.02¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 58,726 residential customers across 18 counties.
• Lighthouse Electric Coop, Inc: 16.18¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 3,880 residential customers across 12 counties.
• AEP Texas North Company: 5.86¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 158,488 residential customers across 51 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Matador. 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.

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Scale the Matador 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 $256 per kW a year as plain multiplication.