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Sun on a roof in Megargel.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Megargel at 1,625 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 Megargel climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 156, weakest 103: a ratio of 1.52.
How Megargel comparesderived from the figures above
Where Megargel sits.
Megargel ranks 204th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 83rd percentile. Its 1,625 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are May, July, June and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.6% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Olney, 19 km southeast: 1,595 kWh per kW, 30 less than Megargel.
- Archer City, 32 km northeast: 1,572 kWh per kW, 53 less than Megargel.
- Newcastle, 33 km southeast: 1,598 kWh per kW, 27 less than Megargel.
- Seymour, 35 km northwest: 1,614 kWh per kW, 11 less than Megargel.
- Throckmorton, 38 km southwest: 1,618 kWh per kW, 7 less than Megargel.
- Holliday, 46 km northeast: 1,587 kWh per kW, 38 less than Megargel.
- Scotland, 48 km northeast: 1,565 kWh per kW, 60 less than Megargel.
- Windthorst, 49 km east: 1,586 kWh per kW, 39 less than Megargel.
- Woodson, 50 km south: 1,610 kWh per kW, 15 less than Megargel.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 165 km to the southeast, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Megargel models 90 kWh per kW (5.9%) above it. Megargel lies 0.67 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 (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 Dallas, 214 km east, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Megargel runs 125 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Megargel runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, October, November, December.
Electricity in Archer CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery, AEP Texas North, and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Megargel is on Oncor Electric Delivery, AEP Texas North, and Texas-New Mexico Power's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Megargel 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 1,625 kWh at $249 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX): 15.07¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 117,857 residential customers across 16 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 Megargel. 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 Megargel 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 $250 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 644872
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 114.8 |
| February | 111.8 |
| March | 145.5 |
| April | 151.6 |
| May | 156.1 |
| June | 154.6 |
| July | 155.7 |
| August | 154.5 |
| September | 132.0 |
| October | 129.7 |
| November | 115.8 |
| December | 102.7 |
| Year | 1,625 |
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 33.45, -98.93 (Megargel, population 178). Weather: typical-year data from station 644872, 0.9 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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