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Sun on a roof in Trinidad.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Trinidad at 1,484 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.5 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 Trinidad climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 150, weakest 95: a ratio of 1.59.
How Trinidad comparesderived from the figures above
Where Trinidad sits.
Trinidad ranks 865th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 29th percentile. Its 1,484 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, May and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.5% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Star Harbor, 6 km northeast: 1,442 kWh per kW, 42 less than Trinidad.
- Malakoff, 9 km east: 1,498 kWh per kW, 14 more than Trinidad.
- Caney City, 9 km northeast: 1,488 kWh per kW, 4 more than Trinidad.
- Log Cabin, 11 km northeast: 1,488 kWh per kW, 4 more than Trinidad.
- Goodlow, 12 km southwest: 1,517 kWh per kW, 33 more than Trinidad.
- Kerens, 12 km west: 1,517 kWh per kW, 33 more than Trinidad.
- Enchanted Oaks, 12 km north: 1,476 kWh per kW, 8 less than Trinidad.
- Payne Springs, 14 km north: 1,494 kWh per kW, 10 more than Trinidad.
- Tool, 14 km northwest: 1,478 kWh per kW, 6 less than Trinidad.
Against Dallas
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 93 km to the northwest, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Trinidad models 16 kWh per kW (1.1%) below it. Trinidad lies 0.63 degrees of latitude south of Dallas, 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 2.4 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, 135 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Trinidad runs 51 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Trinidad runs at least 2% higher in April. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, June, November, December.
Electricity in Henderson CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Trinidad is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Trinidad 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 1,484 kWh at $227 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc: 12.24¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 82,224 residential customers across 6 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 Trinidad. 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 Trinidad 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 $229 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 718542
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 99.5 |
| February | 96.6 |
| March | 119.6 |
| April | 138.9 |
| May | 142.1 |
| June | 139.9 |
| July | 150.4 |
| August | 148.1 |
| September | 131.1 |
| October | 123.8 |
| November | 99.6 |
| December | 94.8 |
| Year | 1,484 |
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 32.16, -96.11 (Trinidad, population 853). Weather: typical-year data from station 718542, 1.5 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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