Sun on a roof in Novice.

How Novice comparesderived from the figures above

Where Novice sits.

Novice ranks 212th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 83rd percentile. Its 1,616 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, May, August and the weakest are December, November, January; output peaks in July 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

• Lawn, 20 km northwest: 1,611 kWh per kW, 5 less than Novice.
• Coleman, 27 km southeast: 1,616 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Novice.
• Tuscola, 29 km northwest: 1,635 kWh per kW, 19 more than Novice.
• Winters, 31 km west: 1,634 kWh per kW, 18 more than Novice.
• Buffalo Gap, 37 km northwest: 1,642 kWh per kW, 26 more than Novice.
• Santa Anna, 40 km southeast: 1,616 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Novice.
• Ballinger, 42 km southwest: 1,647 kWh per kW, 31 more than Novice.
• Cross Plains, 46 km east: 1,602 kWh per kW, 14 less than Novice.
• Clyde, 48 km north: 1,650 kWh per kW, 34 more than Novice.

Against Fort Worth

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 231 km to the northeast, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Novice models 81 kWh per kW (5.3%) above it. Novice lies 0.79 degrees of latitude south of Fort Worth, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its higher modeled output. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (2.4 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 Austin, 259 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Novice runs 133 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Novice runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, October, November. It runs at least 2% lower in December.

Electricity in Coleman CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and AEP Texas North in this county. Where Novice 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 Novice 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 1,616 kWh at $248 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Taylor Electric Coop Inc: 16.14¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,215 residential customers across 11 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 Novice. 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.

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Scale the Novice 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 $249 per kW a year as plain multiplication.