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Sun on a roof in Menard.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Menard at 1,600 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 Menard climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 156, weakest 111: a ratio of 1.4.
How Menard comparesderived from the figures above
Where Menard sits.
Menard ranks 228th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 81st percentile. Its 1,600 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, June, May and the weakest are November, December, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in November. In all, 28.3% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Eden, 34 km north: 1,629 kWh per kW, 29 more than Menard.
- Melvin, 37 km northeast: 1,632 kWh per kW, 32 more than Menard.
- Brady, 47 km northeast: 1,604 kWh per kW, 4 more than Menard.
- Junction, 48 km south: 1,560 kWh per kW, 40 less than Menard.
- Mason, 56 km east: 1,577 kWh per kW, 23 less than Menard.
- Paint Rock, 67 km north: 1,653 kWh per kW, 53 more than Menard.
- Eldorado, 79 km west: 1,657 kWh per kW, 57 more than Menard.
- Miles, 85 km northwest: 1,635 kWh per kW, 35 more than Menard.
- San Angelo, 86 km northwest: 1,652 kWh per kW, 52 more than Menard.
Against San Antonio
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is San Antonio, 203 km to the southeast, at 1,505 kWh per kW. Menard models 95 kWh per kW (6.3%) above it. Menard lies 1.46 degrees of latitude north of San Antonio, 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 Menard is 1.1 km from the modeled point, against 2.2 km for San Antonio, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.
The second-nearest large place is Austin, 206 km east, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Menard runs 117 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Menard runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, November, December.
Electricity in Menard CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and AEP Texas North in this county. Where Menard is on Oncor Electric Delivery and AEP Texas North's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Menard 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 1,600 kWh at $245 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc: 12.75¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 420,753 residential customers across 24 counties.
- Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc: 12.17¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 40,305 residential customers across 11 counties.
- Southwest Texas Elec Coop, Inc: 14.65¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 5,934 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 Menard. 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 Menard 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 $246 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 621676
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 117.3 |
| February | 118.4 |
| March | 136.0 |
| April | 145.7 |
| May | 149.4 |
| June | 150.2 |
| July | 155.5 |
| August | 147.3 |
| September | 133.1 |
| October | 124.6 |
| November | 110.8 |
| December | 111.7 |
| Year | 1,600 |
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 30.92, -99.78 (Menard, population 1,309). Weather: typical-year data from station 621676, 1.1 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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