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Sun on a roof in Ponder.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Ponder at 1,542 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 0.0 km away. A modeled estimate for a standard setup, not a measurement of any roof.
A year on one roof.
Scroll from January to December: the noon sun over Ponder climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 158, weakest 98: a ratio of 1.61.
How Ponder comparesderived from the figures above
Where Ponder sits.
Ponder ranks 397th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 68th percentile. Its 1,542 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.8% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- DISH, 5 km south: 1,533 kWh per kW, 9 less than Ponder.
- Justin, 10 km south: 1,532 kWh per kW, 10 less than Ponder.
- Corral City, 10 km southeast: 1,555 kWh per kW, 13 more than Ponder.
- Northlake, 12 km south: 1,542 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Ponder.
- Argyle, 13 km southeast: 1,550 kWh per kW, 8 more than Ponder.
- Krum, 13 km northeast: 1,537 kWh per kW, 5 less than Ponder.
- New Fairview, 14 km southwest: 1,535 kWh per kW, 7 less than Ponder.
- Denton, 16 km east: 1,539 kWh per kW, 3 less than Ponder.
- Bartonville, 17 km southeast: 1,555 kWh per kW, 13 more than Ponder.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 44 km to the south, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Ponder models 7 kWh per kW (0.5%) above it. The two figures are within 1 percent, which is about the size of the difference you get from two neighboring weather stations alone, so this page's result is effectively the same as Fort Worth's.
The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 65 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Ponder runs 42 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Ponder runs at least 2% higher in January, February, July, August, September. It runs at least 2% lower in October.
Electricity in Denton CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Ponder is on Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Ponder 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 1,542 kWh at $236 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.
- City of Denton: 13.6¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 63,757 residential customers across 1 county.
- 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 Ponder. 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
Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Ponder 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 $237 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 689265
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 107.3 |
| February | 105.4 |
| March | 123.8 |
| April | 134.3 |
| May | 142.7 |
| June | 145.7 |
| July | 157.9 |
| August | 155.8 |
| September | 140.9 |
| October | 121.1 |
| November | 108.6 |
| December | 98.2 |
| Year | 1,542 |
Model assumptions
- System size
- 1 kWDC, results scale per kW
- Mount
- fixed roof mount
- Tilt
- 20°
- Azimuth
- 180°due south
- Modules
- standard
- System losses
- 14%
Location 33.17, -97.3 (Ponder, population 2,875). Weather: typical-year data from station 689265, 0.0 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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Payback, buyback.
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