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Sun on a roof in San Felipe.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in San Felipe at 1,460 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 San Felipe climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 144, weakest 87: a ratio of 1.65.
How San Felipe comparesderived from the figures above
Where San Felipe sits.
San Felipe ranks 979th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 20th percentile. Its 1,460 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, May, August and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.0% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Sealy, 6 km southwest: 1,461 kWh per kW, 1 more than San Felipe.
- South Frydek, 6 km southeast: 1,473 kWh per kW, 13 more than San Felipe.
- Brazos Country, 8 km southeast: 1,461 kWh per kW, 1 more than San Felipe.
- Pattison, 13 km east: 1,477 kWh per kW, 17 more than San Felipe.
- Brookshire, 15 km east: 1,480 kWh per kW, 20 more than San Felipe.
- Simonton, 18 km southeast: 1,473 kWh per kW, 13 more than San Felipe.
- Wallis, 18 km south: 1,477 kWh per kW, 17 more than San Felipe.
- Weston Lakes, 23 km southeast: 1,451 kWh per kW, 9 less than San Felipe.
- Bellville, 23 km northwest: 1,450 kWh per kW, 10 less than San Felipe.
Against Houston
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Houston, 69 km to the east, at 1,422 kWh per kW. San Felipe models 38 kWh per kW (2.7%) above it. At 0.0 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 (2.4 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 Austin, 168 km west, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so San Felipe runs 23 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, San Felipe runs at least 2% higher in October. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, April, June, July, August, September, December.
Electricity in Austin CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric in this county. Where San Felipe is on CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of San Felipe 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 1,460 kWh at $224 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc: 11.59¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 119,030 residential customers across 14 counties.
- San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc: 14.11¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 32,557 residential customers across 8 counties.
- Fayette Electric Coop, Inc: 12.53¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 14,439 residential customers across 8 counties.
- CenterPoint Energy: 5.41¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 2,529,039 residential customers across 12 counties.
These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of San Felipe. 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 San Felipe 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 $225 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 718070
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 99.3 |
| February | 91.1 |
| March | 119.9 |
| April | 132.2 |
| May | 142.5 |
| June | 137.7 |
| July | 143.9 |
| August | 142.0 |
| September | 126.2 |
| October | 129.7 |
| November | 108.3 |
| December | 87.0 |
| Year | 1,460 |
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 29.79, -96.11 (San Felipe, population 717). Weather: typical-year data from station 718070, 2.4 km from that point.
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