Sun on a roof in Taft.

How Taft comparesderived from the figures above

Where Taft sits.

Taft ranks 468th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 62nd percentile. Its 1,531 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are January, December, February; output peaks in July and bottoms out in January. In all, 29.6% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Portland, 12 km southeast: 1,553 kWh per kW, 22 more than Taft.
• Gregory, 12 km southeast: 1,540 kWh per kW, 9 more than Taft.
• Sinton, 13 km northwest: 1,517 kWh per kW, 14 less than Taft.
• Odem, 20 km west: 1,511 kWh per kW, 20 less than Taft.
• Ingleside, 22 km southeast: 1,531 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Taft.
• Bayside, 22 km northeast: 1,515 kWh per kW, 16 less than Taft.
• Ingleside on the Bay, 24 km southeast: 1,528 kWh per kW, 3 less than Taft.
• Woodsboro, 30 km north: 1,494 kWh per kW, 37 less than Taft.
• Aransas Pass, 30 km east: 1,531 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Taft.

Against San Antonio

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is San Antonio, 198 km to the northwest, at 1,505 kWh per kW. Taft models 26 kWh per kW (1.7%) above it. Taft lies 1.48 degrees of latitude south of San Antonio, 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 (1.5 km and 2.2 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.

The second-nearest large place is Austin, 260 km north, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Taft runs 48 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Taft runs at least 2% higher in May, October, December. It runs at least 2% lower in January.

Electricity in San Patricio CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists AEP Texas Central in this county. Where Taft is on AEP Texas Central's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Taft 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 1,531 kWh at $235 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• San Patricio Electric Coop Inc: 14.16¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 10,087 residential customers across 9 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 Taft. 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

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Scale the Taft 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 $236 per kW a year as plain multiplication.