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Sun on a roof in Rotan.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Rotan at 1,679 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 0.9 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 Rotan climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 164, weakest 109: a ratio of 1.5.
How Rotan comparesderived from the figures above
Where Rotan sits.
Rotan ranks 131st of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 89th percentile. Its 1,679 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are May, June, April and the weakest are December, January, February; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 27.8% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Roby, 14 km southeast: 1,663 kWh per kW, 16 less than Rotan.
- Hamlin, 32 km east: 1,648 kWh per kW, 31 less than Rotan.
- Aspermont, 40 km northeast: 1,672 kWh per kW, 7 less than Rotan.
- Sweetwater, 43 km south: 1,667 kWh per kW, 12 less than Rotan.
- Snyder, 44 km west: 1,669 kWh per kW, 10 less than Rotan.
- Jayton, 45 km north: 1,651 kWh per kW, 28 less than Rotan.
- Roscoe, 46 km south: 1,673 kWh per kW, 6 less than Rotan.
- Trent, 52 km southeast: 1,646 kWh per kW, 33 less than Rotan.
- Loraine, 54 km southwest: 1,672 kWh per kW, 7 less than Rotan.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 292 km to the east, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Rotan models 144 kWh per kW (9.4%) above it. At 0.07 degrees of latitude apart, the two sit at almost the same sun angle, so geometry explains little. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (0.9 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, 346 km east, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Rotan runs 179 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Rotan runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in Fisher CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and AEP Texas North in this county. Where Rotan is on Oncor Electric Delivery and AEP Texas North's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Rotan 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 1,679 kWh at $257 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Taylor Electric Coop Inc: 16.14¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,215 residential customers across 11 counties.
- Big Country Electric Coop, Inc: 13.33¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 9,533 residential customers across 12 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 Rotan. 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 Rotan 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 $259 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 604097
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 117.4 |
| February | 117.8 |
| March | 155.4 |
| April | 155.7 |
| May | 163.8 |
| June | 156.9 |
| July | 153.8 |
| August | 155.3 |
| September | 136.4 |
| October | 139.2 |
| November | 118.0 |
| December | 109.2 |
| Year | 1,679 |
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 32.85, -100.47 (Rotan, population 1,324). Weather: typical-year data from station 604097, 0.9 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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