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Sun on a roof in Rising Star.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Rising Star at 1,609 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.5 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 Rising Star climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 158, weakest 103: a ratio of 1.53.
How Rising Star comparesderived from the figures above
Where Rising Star sits.
Rising Star ranks 222nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 82nd percentile. Its 1,609 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, April, June and the weakest are December, January, November; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.2% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Cross Plains, 19 km west: 1,602 kWh per kW, 7 less than Rising Star.
- Carbon, 23 km northeast: 1,590 kWh per kW, 19 less than Rising Star.
- Gorman, 31 km northeast: 1,612 kWh per kW, 3 more than Rising Star.
- Cisco, 32 km north: 1,630 kWh per kW, 21 more than Rising Star.
- Blanket, 35 km southeast: 1,581 kWh per kW, 28 less than Rising Star.
- Eastland, 36 km northeast: 1,594 kWh per kW, 15 less than Rising Star.
- Putnam, 37 km northwest: 1,616 kWh per kW, 7 more than Rising Star.
- Early, 40 km south: 1,580 kWh per kW, 29 less than Rising Star.
- De Leon, 41 km east: 1,597 kWh per kW, 12 less than Rising Star.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 170 km to the northeast, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Rising Star models 74 kWh per kW (4.8%) above it. Rising Star lies 0.68 degrees of latitude south of Fort Worth, 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 (1.5 km and 1.5 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 220 km east, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Rising Star runs 109 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Rising Star runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, November, December. It runs at least 2% lower in August.
Electricity in Eastland CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery, AEP Texas North, and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Rising Star is on Oncor Electric Delivery, AEP Texas North, and Texas-New Mexico Power's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Rising Star 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 1,609 kWh at $246 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- United Electric Coop Service Inc: 13.91¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 91,268 residential customers across 14 counties.
- Taylor Electric Coop Inc: 16.14¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,215 residential customers across 11 counties.
- Comanche County Elec Coop Assn: 15.65¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 7,487 residential customers across 7 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 Rising Star. 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 Rising Star 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 $248 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 643785
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 111.8 |
| February | 113.4 |
| March | 146.1 |
| April | 150.7 |
| May | 148.2 |
| June | 150.2 |
| July | 157.6 |
| August | 146.5 |
| September | 145.1 |
| October | 124.7 |
| November | 112.2 |
| December | 102.8 |
| Year | 1,609 |
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 32.1, -98.97 (Rising Star, population 778). Weather: typical-year data from station 643785, 1.5 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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