Sun on a roof in Staples.

How Staples comparesderived from the figures above

Where Staples sits.

Staples ranks 674th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 45th percentile. Its 1,508 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are August, July, June and the weakest are February, December, November; output peaks in August and bottoms out in February. In all, 30.0% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Martindale, 9 km north: 1,517 kWh per kW, 9 more than Staples.
• Kingsbury, 12 km south: 1,491 kWh per kW, 17 less than Staples.
• San Marcos, 17 km northwest: 1,507 kWh per kW, 1 less than Staples.
• Luling, 19 km southeast: 1,492 kWh per kW, 16 less than Staples.
• Lockhart, 19 km northeast: 1,490 kWh per kW, 18 less than Staples.
• Uhland, 24 km north: 1,505 kWh per kW, 3 less than Staples.
• Seguin, 24 km southwest: 1,498 kWh per kW, 10 less than Staples.
• Niederwald, 26 km north: 1,508 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Staples.
• Kyle, 26 km north: 1,493 kWh per kW, 15 less than Staples.

Against Austin

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 60 km to the north, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Staples models 25 kWh per kW (1.7%) above it. Staples lies 0.54 degrees of latitude south of Austin, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its higher modeled output. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (1.1 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 San Antonio, 75 km southwest, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Staples runs 3 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Staples runs at least 2% higher in January, August, October. It runs at least 2% lower in February, March, May, September, November.

Electricity in Guadalupe CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists AEP Texas Central in this county. Where Staples is on AEP Texas Central's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Staples 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 1,508 kWh at $231 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• City of San Antonio: 12.4¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 888,946 residential customers across 8 counties.
• Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc: 12.75¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 420,753 residential customers across 24 counties.
• Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc: 11.59¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 119,030 residential customers across 14 counties.
• AEP Texas Central Company: 5.91¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 793,896 residential customers across 44 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Staples. 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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Starting rate: the Texas residential average of 15.4¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $232 per kW a year as plain multiplication.