Sun on a roof in Petronila.

How Petronila comparesderived from the figures above

Where Petronila sits.

Petronila ranks 302nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 75th percentile. Its 1,562 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, May, August and the weakest are December, January, November; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.4% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Driscoll, 12 km west: 1,549 kWh per kW, 13 less than Petronila.
• Robstown, 14 km north: 1,551 kWh per kW, 11 less than Petronila.
• Bishop, 19 km southwest: 1,556 kWh per kW, 6 less than Petronila.
• Kingsville, 29 km southwest: 1,532 kWh per kW, 30 less than Petronila.
• Agua Dulce, 30 km northwest: 1,522 kWh per kW, 40 less than Petronila.
• Odem, 31 km north: 1,511 kWh per kW, 51 less than Petronila.
• San Patricio, 37 km north: 1,497 kWh per kW, 65 less than Petronila.
• Portland, 38 km northeast: 1,553 kWh per kW, 9 less than Petronila.
• Taft, 42 km northeast: 1,531 kWh per kW, 31 less than Petronila.

Against San Antonio

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is San Antonio, 217 km to the northwest, at 1,505 kWh per kW. Petronila models 57 kWh per kW (3.8%) above it. Petronila lies 1.79 degrees of latitude south of San Antonio, 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 2.2 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.

The second-nearest large place is Austin, 293 km north, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Petronila runs 79 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Petronila runs at least 2% higher in February, March, April, May, October, November, December. It runs at least 2% lower in January.

Electricity in Nueces CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists AEP Texas Central in this county. Where Petronila is on AEP Texas Central's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Petronila 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 1,562 kWh at $239 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Nueces Electric Cooperative: 9.5¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 31,397 residential customers across 8 counties.
• Nueces Electric Cooperative: 14.46¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 18,506 residential customers across 8 counties.
• San Patricio Electric Coop Inc: 14.16¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 10,087 residential customers across 9 counties.
• AEP Texas Central Company: 5.91¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 793,896 residential customers across 44 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Petronila. 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 Petronila 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 $241 per kW a year as plain multiplication.