Sun on a roof in Thorndale.

How Thorndale comparesderived from the figures above

Where Thorndale sits.

Thorndale ranks 772nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 37th percentile. Its 1,497 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

• Thrall, 9 km west: 1,499 kWh per kW, 2 more than Thorndale.
• Rockdale, 20 km east: 1,498 kWh per kW, 1 more than Thorndale.
• Taylor, 22 km west: 1,503 kWh per kW, 6 more than Thorndale.
• Coupland, 24 km southwest: 1,495 kWh per kW, 2 less than Thorndale.
• Granger, 25 km northwest: 1,529 kWh per kW, 32 more than Thorndale.
• Bartlett, 29 km northwest: 1,527 kWh per kW, 30 more than Thorndale.
• Lexington, 29 km southeast: 1,492 kWh per kW, 5 less than Thorndale.
• Buckholts, 30 km north: 1,511 kWh per kW, 14 more than Thorndale.
• Hutto, 33 km west: 1,528 kWh per kW, 31 more than Thorndale.

Against Austin

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 62 km to the southwest, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Thorndale models 14 kWh per kW (0.9%) above 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 Austin's.

The second-nearest large place is San Antonio, 180 km southwest, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Thorndale runs 8 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Thorndale runs at least 2% higher in August. It runs at least 2% lower in February, March, May, November, December.

Electricity in Williamson County, Milam CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Thorndale is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Thorndale 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 1,497 kWh at $229 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Austin Energy: 13.14¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 522,446 residential customers across 2 counties.
• Entergy Texas Inc.: 13.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 469,094 residential customers across 27 counties.
• Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc: 12.75¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 420,753 residential customers across 24 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 Thorndale. 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 Thorndale 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 $231 per kW a year as plain multiplication.