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Sun on a roof in Tolar.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Tolar at 1,574 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.9 km away. A modeled estimate for a standard setup, not a measurement of any roof.
A year on one roof.
Scroll from January to December: the noon sun over Tolar climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 156, weakest 94: a ratio of 1.65.
How Tolar comparesderived from the figures above
Where Tolar sits.
Tolar ranks 270th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 78th percentile. Its 1,574 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are August, June, July and the weakest are December, January, November; output peaks in August and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.1% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Granbury, 14 km east: 1,571 kWh per kW, 3 less than Tolar.
- Stockton Bend, 18 km northeast: 1,567 kWh per kW, 7 less than Tolar.
- Lipan, 19 km northwest: 1,571 kWh per kW, 3 less than Tolar.
- DeCordova, 22 km east: 1,558 kWh per kW, 16 less than Tolar.
- Glen Rose, 22 km southeast: 1,551 kWh per kW, 23 less than Tolar.
- Dennis, 25 km north: 1,554 kWh per kW, 20 less than Tolar.
- Cresson, 32 km northeast: 1,592 kWh per kW, 18 more than Tolar.
- Stephenville, 35 km southwest: 1,584 kWh per kW, 10 more than Tolar.
- Godley, 37 km east: 1,538 kWh per kW, 36 less than Tolar.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 69 km to the northeast, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Tolar models 39 kWh per kW (2.5%) above it. Tolar lies 0.39 degrees of latitude south of Fort Worth, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its higher modeled output. The weather station for Tolar is 2.9 km from the modeled point, against 1.5 km for Fort Worth, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.
The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 117 km northeast, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Tolar runs 74 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Tolar runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November. It runs at least 2% lower in December.
Electricity in Hood CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Tolar is on Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Tolar 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 1,574 kWh at $241 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX): 15.07¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 117,857 residential customers across 16 counties.
- United Electric Coop Service Inc: 13.91¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 91,268 residential customers across 14 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 Tolar. 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
Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Tolar 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 $242 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 673016
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 107.8 |
| February | 111.0 |
| March | 132.2 |
| April | 140.2 |
| May | 147.9 |
| June | 152.1 |
| July | 149.7 |
| August | 155.7 |
| September | 142.5 |
| October | 130.7 |
| November | 110.1 |
| December | 94.2 |
| Year | 1,574 |
Model assumptions
- System size
- 1 kWDC, results scale per kW
- Mount
- fixed roof mount
- Tilt
- 20°
- Azimuth
- 180°due south
- Modules
- standard
- System losses
- 14%
Location 32.39, -97.92 (Tolar, population 1,339). Weather: typical-year data from station 673016, 2.9 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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