Sun on a roof in Odessa.

How Odessa comparesderived from the figures above

Where Odessa sits.

Odessa ranks 4th of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 98th percentile. Its 1,759 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are May, July, April and the weakest are December, November, January; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 27.7% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.4% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Midland, 27 km northeast: 1,739 kWh per kW, 20 less than Odessa.
• Big Spring, 90 km northeast: 1,716 kWh per kW, 43 less than Odessa.
• San Angelo, 186 km east: 1,652 kWh per kW, 107 less than Odessa.
• Lubbock, 192 km north: 1,721 kWh per kW, 38 less than Odessa.
• Abilene, 254 km east: 1,650 kWh per kW, 109 less than Odessa.
• Del Rio, 313 km southeast: 1,599 kWh per kW, 160 less than Odessa.
• Horizon City, 364 km west: 1,883 kWh per kW, 124 more than Odessa.
• Kerrville, 369 km southeast: 1,552 kWh per kW, 207 less than Odessa.
• Socorro, 371 km west: 1,822 kWh per kW, 63 more than Odessa.

Against El Paso

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is El Paso, 385 km to the west, at 1,835 kWh per kW. Odessa models 76 kWh per kW (4.1%) below it. At 0.03 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 (1.5 km and 0.9 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.

The second-nearest large place is San Antonio, 454 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Odessa runs 254 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Odessa runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in Midland County, Ector CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Odessa is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Odessa 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 1,759 kWh at $269 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Southwestern Public Service Co: 13.94¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 223,685 residential customers across 45 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 Odessa. 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 Odessa 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 15.47¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $272 per kW a year as plain multiplication.