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Sun on a roof in Mingus.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Mingus at 1,562 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 Mingus climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 154, weakest 103: a ratio of 1.49.
How Mingus comparesderived from the figures above
Where Mingus sits.
Mingus ranks 302nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 75th percentile. Its 1,562 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, June, August and the weakest are November, December, February; output peaks in July and bottoms out in November. In all, 28.7% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Gordon, 5 km east: 1,542 kWh per kW, 20 less than Mingus.
- Strawn, 8 km west: 1,554 kWh per kW, 8 less than Mingus.
- Ranger, 26 km west: 1,570 kWh per kW, 8 more than Mingus.
- Lipan, 35 km east: 1,571 kWh per kW, 9 more than Mingus.
- Eastland, 41 km west: 1,594 kWh per kW, 32 more than Mingus.
- Stephenville, 41 km southeast: 1,584 kWh per kW, 22 more than Mingus.
- Gorman, 44 km southwest: 1,612 kWh per kW, 50 more than Mingus.
- Mineral Wells, 45 km northeast: 1,551 kWh per kW, 11 less than Mingus.
- Millsap, 45 km northeast: 1,556 kWh per kW, 6 less than Mingus.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 104 km to the east, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Mingus models 27 kWh per kW (1.8%) above it. At 0.24 degrees of latitude apart, the two sit at almost the same sun angle, so geometry explains little. 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, 157 km east, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Mingus runs 62 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Mingus runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, June, September, December. It runs at least 2% lower in August, November.
Electricity in Palo Pinto CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Mingus 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 Mingus 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 1,562 kWh at $239 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.
- United Electric Coop Service Inc: 13.91¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 91,268 residential customers across 14 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 Mingus. 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 Mingus 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 $241 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 658714
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 113.5 |
| February | 105.9 |
| March | 134.0 |
| April | 144.6 |
| May | 143.2 |
| June | 149.5 |
| July | 153.7 |
| August | 145.4 |
| September | 138.4 |
| October | 127.3 |
| November | 103.1 |
| December | 103.8 |
| Year | 1,562 |
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 32.54, -98.42 (Mingus, population 242). Weather: typical-year data from station 658714, 1.1 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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