Sun on a roof in South Houston.

How South Houston comparesderived from the figures above

Where South Houston sits.

South Houston ranks 1074th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 12th percentile. Its 1,437 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are June, July, May and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in June and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.8% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Pasadena, 8 km east: 1,479 kWh per kW, 42 more than South Houston.
• Galena Park, 10 km north: 1,450 kWh per kW, 13 more than South Houston.
• Deer Park, 11 km east: 1,467 kWh per kW, 30 more than South Houston.
• Brookside Village, 12 km southwest: 1,462 kWh per kW, 25 more than South Houston.
• Jacinto City, 12 km north: 1,450 kWh per kW, 13 more than South Houston.
• Pearland, 14 km southwest: 1,469 kWh per kW, 32 more than South Houston.
• Friendswood, 17 km south: 1,434 kWh per kW, 3 less than South Houston.
• La Porte, 17 km east: 1,461 kWh per kW, 24 more than South Houston.
• Webster, 18 km southeast: 1,451 kWh per kW, 14 more than South Houston.

Against Houston

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Houston, 21 km to the northwest, at 1,422 kWh per kW. South Houston models 15 kWh per kW (1.1%) above it. At 0.13 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 (1.5 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, 253 km west, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so South Houston runs 46 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, November, December.

Electricity in Harris CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric in this county. Where South Houston 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 South Houston 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 1,437 kWh at $220 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.
• San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc: 14.11¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 32,557 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 South Houston. 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.

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Scale the South Houston 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 $221 per kW a year as plain multiplication.