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Sun on a roof in Rosebud.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Rosebud at 1,516 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 Rosebud climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 153, weakest 94: a ratio of 1.63.
How Rosebud comparesderived from the figures above
Where Rosebud sits.
Rosebud ranks 597th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 51st percentile. Its 1,516 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are August, July, June and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in August 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
- Lott, 16 km north: 1,525 kWh per kW, 9 more than Rosebud.
- Cameron, 24 km south: 1,516 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Rosebud.
- Marlin, 27 km north: 1,503 kWh per kW, 13 less than Rosebud.
- Buckholts, 28 km southwest: 1,511 kWh per kW, 5 less than Rosebud.
- Bremond, 29 km east: 1,501 kWh per kW, 15 less than Rosebud.
- Rogers, 30 km southwest: 1,517 kWh per kW, 1 more than Rosebud.
- Calvert, 31 km east: 1,497 kWh per kW, 19 less than Rosebud.
- Golinda, 34 km north: 1,511 kWh per kW, 5 less than Rosebud.
- Troy, 34 km west: 1,538 kWh per kW, 22 more than Rosebud.
Against Austin
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 114 km to the southwest, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Rosebud models 33 kWh per kW (2.2%) above it. Rosebud lies 0.78 degrees of latitude north of Austin, which on sun angle alone would point the other way, so clouds, haze and the weather station's record carry the difference. 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, 191 km north, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Rosebud runs 16 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Rosebud runs at least 2% higher in August. It runs at least 2% lower in February, September, December.
Electricity in Falls CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Rosebud is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Rosebud 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 1,516 kWh at $232 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Entergy Texas Inc.: 13.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 469,094 residential customers across 27 counties.
- Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc: 16.26¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,861 residential customers across 9 counties.
- Heart of Texas Electric Coop: 11.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 18,476 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 Rosebud. 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 Rosebud 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 $233 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 697995
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 104.0 |
| February | 98.2 |
| March | 123.5 |
| April | 138.1 |
| May | 143.9 |
| June | 147.8 |
| July | 151.4 |
| August | 152.9 |
| September | 128.3 |
| October | 127.7 |
| November | 106.6 |
| December | 93.9 |
| Year | 1,516 |
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 31.08, -96.97 (Rosebud, population 1,341). Weather: typical-year data from station 697995, 1.5 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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