Sun on a roof in Orchard.

How Orchard comparesderived from the figures above

Where Orchard sits.

Orchard ranks 807th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 34th percentile. Its 1,492 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are August, May, July and the weakest are January, December, February; output peaks in August and bottoms out in January. In all, 29.2% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Weston Lakes, 8 km northeast: 1,451 kWh per kW, 41 less than Orchard.
• Simonton, 9 km north: 1,473 kWh per kW, 19 less than Orchard.
• Wallis, 9 km west: 1,477 kWh per kW, 15 less than Orchard.
• East Bernard, 12 km southwest: 1,484 kWh per kW, 8 less than Orchard.
• Fulshear, 13 km northeast: 1,461 kWh per kW, 31 less than Orchard.
• Beasley, 13 km south: 1,473 kWh per kW, 19 less than Orchard.
• Rosenberg, 16 km east: 1,441 kWh per kW, 51 less than Orchard.
• Brazos Country, 18 km north: 1,461 kWh per kW, 31 less than Orchard.
• Kendleton, 18 km south: 1,479 kWh per kW, 13 less than Orchard.

Against Houston

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Houston, 60 km to the east, at 1,422 kWh per kW. Orchard models 70 kWh per kW (4.9%) above it. At 0.19 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 2.4 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.

The second-nearest large place is Austin, 188 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Orchard runs 9 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Orchard runs at least 2% higher in October, December. It runs at least 2% lower in January, March, April, July, August, September.

Electricity in Fort Bend CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric in this county. Where Orchard is on CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Orchard 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 1,492 kWh at $229 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• CenterPoint Energy: 5.41¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 2,529,039 residential customers across 12 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Orchard. 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 Orchard 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 $230 per kW a year as plain multiplication.