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Sun on a roof in Refugio.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Refugio at 1,492 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.4 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 Refugio climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 149, weakest 94: a ratio of 1.59.
How Refugio comparesderived from the figures above
Where Refugio sits.
Refugio 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 May, July, August and the weakest are December, January, November; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.4% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Woodsboro, 10 km southwest: 1,494 kWh per kW, 2 more than Refugio.
- Bayside, 24 km south: 1,515 kWh per kW, 23 more than Refugio.
- Fulton, 35 km southeast: 1,539 kWh per kW, 47 more than Refugio.
- Rockport, 36 km southeast: 1,541 kWh per kW, 49 more than Refugio.
- Sinton, 38 km southwest: 1,517 kWh per kW, 25 more than Refugio.
- Taft, 39 km south: 1,531 kWh per kW, 39 more than Refugio.
- Goliad, 42 km north: 1,450 kWh per kW, 42 less than Refugio.
- Austwell, 43 km east: 1,484 kWh per kW, 8 less than Refugio.
- Gregory, 43 km south: 1,540 kWh per kW, 48 more than Refugio.
Against San Antonio
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is San Antonio, 177 km to the northwest, at 1,505 kWh per kW. Refugio models 13 kWh per kW (0.9%) below 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 San Antonio's.
The second-nearest large place is Austin, 226 km north, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Refugio runs 9 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Refugio runs at least 2% higher in May. It runs at least 2% lower in January, April, July, September, November, December.
Electricity in Refugio CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists AEP Texas Central in this county. Where Refugio is on AEP Texas Central's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Refugio 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
- Victoria Electric Coop, Inc: 12.4¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 21,716 residential customers across 6 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 Refugio. 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 Refugio 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.
PVWatts v8station 690295
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 97.6 |
| February | 102.4 |
| March | 125.5 |
| April | 131.7 |
| May | 149.1 |
| June | 143.2 |
| July | 148.9 |
| August | 147.2 |
| September | 127.1 |
| October | 124.5 |
| November | 100.7 |
| December | 93.8 |
| Year | 1,492 |
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 28.31, -97.27 (Refugio, population 2,788). Weather: typical-year data from station 690295, 2.4 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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