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Sun on a roof in Retreat.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Retreat at 1,520 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.9 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 Retreat climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 155, weakest 97: a ratio of 1.61.
How Retreat comparesderived from the figures above
Where Retreat sits.
Retreat ranks 557th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 54th percentile. Its 1,520 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are February, December, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in February. In all, 30.0% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Corsicana, 3 km north: 1,488 kWh per kW, 32 less than Retreat.
- Oak Valley, 4 km southwest: 1,520 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Retreat.
- Angus, 7 km southeast: 1,504 kWh per kW, 16 less than Retreat.
- Navarro, 11 km southeast: 1,491 kWh per kW, 29 less than Retreat.
- Mildred, 15 km east: 1,489 kWh per kW, 31 less than Retreat.
- Emhouse, 15 km northwest: 1,510 kWh per kW, 10 less than Retreat.
- Richland, 16 km south: 1,491 kWh per kW, 29 less than Retreat.
- Barry, 16 km west: 1,508 kWh per kW, 12 less than Retreat.
- Powell, 16 km northeast: 1,493 kWh per kW, 27 less than Retreat.
Against Dallas
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 87 km to the north, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Retreat models 20 kWh per kW (1.3%) above it. Retreat lies 0.74 degrees of latitude south of Dallas, 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 (1.9 km and 2.4 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Fort Worth, 115 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Retreat runs 15 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Retreat runs at least 2% higher in April, May, June. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, November.
Electricity in Navarro CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Retreat is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Retreat 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 1,520 kWh at $233 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Navarro County Elec Coop, Inc: 12.92¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,029 residential customers across 5 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 Retreat. 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 Retreat 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 $234 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 710001
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 98.8 |
| February | 96.8 |
| March | 120.5 |
| April | 140.9 |
| May | 147.1 |
| June | 150.3 |
| July | 155.4 |
| August | 150.6 |
| September | 134.8 |
| October | 125.4 |
| November | 101.0 |
| December | 97.9 |
| Year | 1,520 |
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 32.05, -96.48 (Retreat, population 436). Weather: typical-year data from station 710001, 1.9 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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Payback, buyback.
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