Sun on a roof in Plano.

How Plano comparesderived from the figures above

Where Plano sits.

Plano ranks 58th of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 64th percentile. Its 1,527 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are August, June, July and the weakest are November, February, December; output peaks in August and bottoms out in November. In all, 30.0% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.4% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Richardson, 10 km southeast: 1,540 kWh per kW, 13 more than Plano.
• Allen, 10 km northeast: 1,530 kWh per kW, 3 more than Plano.
• Murphy, 13 km east: 1,506 kWh per kW, 21 less than Plano.
• Frisco, 14 km northwest: 1,517 kWh per kW, 10 less than Plano.
• The Colony, 15 km west: 1,496 kWh per kW, 31 less than Plano.
• Carrollton, 15 km southwest: 1,564 kWh per kW, 37 more than Plano.
• Farmers Branch, 18 km southwest: 1,503 kWh per kW, 24 less than Plano.
• Sachse, 18 km southeast: 1,507 kWh per kW, 20 less than Plano.
• McKinney, 19 km northeast: 1,526 kWh per kW, 1 less than Plano.

Against Dallas

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 29 km to the south, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Plano models 27 kWh per kW (1.8%) above it. At 0.26 degrees of latitude apart, the two sit at almost the same sun angle, so geometry explains little. The weather station for Plano is 0.9 km from the modeled point, against 2.4 km for Dallas, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.

The second-nearest large place is Fort Worth, 64 km southwest, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Plano runs 8 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Plano runs at least 2% higher in January, June, August, September, December. It runs at least 2% lower in July, November.

Electricity in Collin County, Denton CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Most homes in Plano buy energy from a retail electricity provider over the lines of Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power, so the price depends on the plan you choose. 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 1,527 kWh at $234 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Denton County Elec Coop, Inc: 13.18¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 310,805 residential customers across 6 counties.
• Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX): 15.07¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 117,857 residential customers across 16 counties.
• Grayson-Collin Elec Coop, Inc: 17.04¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 97,950 residential customers across 4 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 Plano. 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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Starting rate: the Texas residential average of 15.47¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $236 per kW a year as plain multiplication.