Sun on a roof in Paducah.

How Paducah comparesderived from the figures above

Where Paducah sits.

Paducah ranks 157th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 87th percentile. Its 1,658 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are June, May, July and the weakest are December, February, November; output peaks in June and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.9% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Childress, 48 km north: 1,653 kWh per kW, 5 less than Paducah.
• Matador, 48 km west: 1,661 kWh per kW, 3 more than Paducah.
• Roaring Springs, 53 km west: 1,692 kWh per kW, 34 more than Paducah.
• Crowell, 54 km east: 1,638 kWh per kW, 20 less than Paducah.
• Quanah, 61 km northeast: 1,637 kWh per kW, 21 less than Paducah.
• Estelline, 61 km north: 1,623 kWh per kW, 35 less than Paducah.
• Dickens, 66 km southwest: 1,682 kWh per kW, 24 more than Paducah.
• Benjamin, 67 km southeast: 1,638 kWh per kW, 20 less than Paducah.
• Turkey, 69 km northwest: 1,671 kWh per kW, 13 more than Paducah.

Against Fort Worth

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 306 km to the southeast, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Paducah models 123 kWh per kW (8.0%) above it. Paducah lies 1.23 degrees of latitude north of Fort Worth, which on sun angle alone would point the other way, so clouds, haze and the weather station's record carry the difference. The weather station for Paducah is 0.0 km from the modeled point, against 1.5 km for Fort Worth, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.

The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 355 km east, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Paducah runs 158 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Paducah runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in Cottle CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists AEP Texas North in this county. Where Paducah is on AEP Texas North's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Paducah 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 1,658 kWh at $254 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.
• South Plains Electric Coop Inc: 11.02¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 58,726 residential customers across 18 counties.
• Lighthouse Electric Coop, Inc: 16.18¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 3,880 residential customers across 12 counties.
• AEP Texas North Company: 5.86¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 158,488 residential customers across 51 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Paducah. 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 Paducah 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 $255 per kW a year as plain multiplication.