Rate & Roof

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Sun on a roof in Nash.

The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Nash at 1,430 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 Nash climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.

Sun elevation through the day over Nash The sun's path at latitude 33.45, computed from solar geometry. The upper dotted arc is the June solstice and the lower one the December solstice; the solid arc is the month being shown.
MonthAll 12 monthsNoon sun-Daylight-Modeled output per kW1,430 kWh

kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 147, weakest 88: a ratio of 1.68.

How Nash comparesderived from the figures above

Where Nash sits.

Nash ranks 1099th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 10th percentile. Its 1,430 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are June, August, May and the weakest are December, February, November; output peaks in June and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.5% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

  • Wake Village, 3 km south: 1,431 kWh per kW, 1 more than Nash.
  • Texarkana, 4 km east: 1,425 kWh per kW, 5 less than Nash.
  • Red Lick, 5 km northwest: 1,429 kWh per kW, 1 less than Nash.
  • Leary, 8 km west: 1,432 kWh per kW, 2 more than Nash.
  • Hooks, 15 km west: 1,435 kWh per kW, 5 more than Nash.
  • Redwater, 16 km southwest: 1,430 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Nash.
  • Domino, 21 km south: 1,440 kWh per kW, 10 more than Nash.
  • Maud, 24 km southwest: 1,441 kWh per kW, 11 more than Nash.
  • New Boston, 27 km west: 1,450 kWh per kW, 20 more than Nash.

Against Dallas

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 257 km to the west, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Nash models 70 kWh per kW (4.7%) below it. Nash lies 0.66 degrees of latitude north of Dallas, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its lower modeled output. The weather station for Nash is 0.9 km from the modeled point, against 2.4 km for Dallas, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.

The second-nearest large place is Fort Worth, 309 km west, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Nash runs 105 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in February, March, April, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in Bowie CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

Providers listed in the county

They are the largest bundled providers 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. Priced at the first provider's average, the modeled 1,430 kWh would come to $180 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.

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Size the array, see the kWh.

Scale the Nash 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 $220 per kW a year as plain multiplication.

Modeled estimate

Modeled output, kWh a year

8,580 kWh/yr

About - kWh in an average month. Priced at the chosen rate that energy comes to - a year, by multiplication only.

Assumes the same tilt, direction and equipment as the model below. Real output depends on the roof, shade, equipment and weather.

PVWatts v8station 760383

Month by month, per kW.

Modeled AC output in Nash, Texas, kWh per kW DC, typical weather year
MonthkWh per kW
January100.5
February89.2
March116.7
April132.1
May141.1
June146.6
July133.9
August141.6
September125.4
October116.7
November98.7
December87.5
Year1,430

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, -94.13 (Nash, population 4,208). Weather: typical-year data from station 760383, 0.9 km from that point.

Getting a measured number

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Texas electricity prices and providers

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Payback, buyback.

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Read this first

  • A model estimate for a generic system at this point, not a measurement and not a promise of output.
  • Shading, roof pitch, equipment and local rates will differ.
  • All prices on this site are in cents per kWh unless marked otherwise. Bills are US dollars per month.

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