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Sun on a roof in Socorro.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Socorro at 1,822 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.1 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 Socorro climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 184, weakest 127: a ratio of 1.45.
How Socorro comparesderived from the figures above
Where Socorro sits.
Socorro ranks 3rd of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 99th percentile. Its 1,822 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are May, April, June and the weakest are December, November, February; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 26.3% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.4% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Horizon City, 8 km northeast: 1,883 kWh per kW, 61 more than Socorro.
- El Paso, 28 km northwest: 1,835 kWh per kW, 13 more than Socorro.
- Odessa, 371 km east: 1,759 kWh per kW, 63 less than Socorro.
- Midland, 394 km east: 1,739 kWh per kW, 83 less than Socorro.
- Big Spring, 455 km east: 1,716 kWh per kW, 106 less than Socorro.
- Lubbock, 462 km northeast: 1,721 kWh per kW, 101 less than Socorro.
- San Angelo, 551 km east: 1,652 kWh per kW, 170 less than Socorro.
- Amarillo, 571 km northeast: 1,720 kWh per kW, 102 less than Socorro.
- Del Rio, 574 km southeast: 1,599 kWh per kW, 223 less than Socorro.
Against El Paso
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is El Paso, 28 km to the northwest, at 1,835 kWh per kW. Socorro models 13 kWh per kW (0.7%) below it. The two figures are within 1 percent, which is about the size of the difference you get from two neighboring weather stations alone, so this page's result is effectively the same as El Paso's.
The second-nearest large place is San Antonio, 780 km east, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Socorro runs 317 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Socorro runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in El Paso CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
Providers listed in the county
- El Paso Electric Co: 13.86¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 320,320 residential customers across 3 counties.
- Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc: 18.29¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 9,371 residential customers across 18 counties.
They are the largest bundled providers 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. Priced at the first provider's average, the modeled 1,822 kWh would come to $253 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.
Modeled estimateruns in your browser
Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Socorro 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 15.47¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $282 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 63836
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 133.3 |
| February | 130.6 |
| March | 164.5 |
| April | 171.7 |
| May | 184.3 |
| June | 168.1 |
| July | 153.1 |
| August | 158.4 |
| September | 149.1 |
| October | 151.5 |
| November | 130.2 |
| December | 127.2 |
| Year | 1,822 |
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 31.64, -106.26 (Socorro, population 38,642). Weather: typical-year data from station 63836, 1.1 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
A model cannot see your roof. Installers measure pitch, shade and the electrical panel on site. Quote marketplaces such as EnergySage, SolarReviews and WattBuy collect bids from local installers. Rate & Roof does not rank installers.
Next step
Payback, buyback.
The sliders above price the energy at one rate. The payback calculator adds the system cost and your buyback plan type, and shows every assumption. It is an estimate, not advice.
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