Sun on a roof in Temple.

How Temple comparesderived from the figures above

Where Temple sits.

Temple ranks 101st of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 36th percentile. Its 1,505 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are July, June, August and the weakest are December, February, November; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.3% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.4% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Belton, 10 km southwest: 1,519 kWh per kW, 14 more than Temple.
• Harker Heights, 24 km west: 1,518 kWh per kW, 13 more than Temple.
• Killeen, 32 km west: 1,530 kWh per kW, 25 more than Temple.
• Copperas Cove, 50 km west: 1,539 kWh per kW, 34 more than Temple.
• Waco, 55 km north: 1,511 kWh per kW, 6 more than Temple.
• Georgetown, 56 km southwest: 1,518 kWh per kW, 13 more than Temple.
• Hutto, 64 km south: 1,528 kWh per kW, 23 more than Temple.
• Round Rock, 68 km south: 1,522 kWh per kW, 17 more than Temple.
• Leander, 74 km southwest: 1,532 kWh per kW, 27 more than Temple.

Against Austin

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 95 km to the south, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Temple models 22 kWh per kW (1.5%) above it. Temple lies 0.8 degrees of latitude north of Austin, which on sun angle alone would point the other way, so clouds, haze and the weather station's record carry the difference. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (1.5 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 Fort Worth, 187 km north, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Temple runs 30 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Temple runs at least 2% higher in January, April. It runs at least 2% lower in March, May, August, December.

Electricity in Bell CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Temple is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Temple 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 1,505 kWh at $231 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc: 12.75¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 420,753 residential customers across 24 counties.
• Heart of Texas Electric Coop: 11.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 18,476 residential customers across 7 counties.
• Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc: 15.23¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 12,402 residential customers across 5 counties.
• Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC: 5.64¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 3,545,814 residential customers across 99 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Temple. 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 Temple 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 $233 per kW a year as plain multiplication.