Sun on a roof in Monahans.

How Monahans comparesderived from the figures above

Where Monahans sits.

Monahans ranks 24th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 98th percentile. Its 1,769 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are May, April, March and the weakest are December, November, February; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 27.2% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Wink, 12 km northwest: 1,793 kWh per kW, 24 more than Monahans.
• Wickett, 12 km southeast: 1,766 kWh per kW, 3 less than Monahans.
• Pyote, 14 km south: 1,767 kWh per kW, 2 less than Monahans.
• Thorntonville, 18 km southeast: 1,755 kWh per kW, 14 less than Monahans.
• Kermit, 21 km north: 1,782 kWh per kW, 13 more than Monahans.
• Barstow, 38 km southwest: 1,780 kWh per kW, 11 more than Monahans.
• Grandfalls, 42 km southeast: 1,763 kWh per kW, 6 less than Monahans.
• Town of Pecos, 52 km southwest: 1,792 kWh per kW, 23 more than Monahans.
• Goldsmith, 56 km northeast: 1,781 kWh per kW, 12 more than Monahans.

Against El Paso

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is El Paso, 317 km to the west, at 1,835 kWh per kW. Monahans models 66 kWh per kW (3.6%) below it. At 0.19 degrees of latitude apart, the two sit at almost the same sun angle, so geometry explains little. The weather station for Monahans is 2.2 km from the modeled point, against 0.9 km for El Paso, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.

The second-nearest large place is San Antonio, 500 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Monahans runs 264 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Monahans runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in Ward County, Winkler CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Monahans 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 Monahans 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 1,769 kWh at $271 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• 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 Monahans. 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

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Scale the Monahans 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 $272 per kW a year as plain multiplication.