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Sun on a roof in Troup.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Troup at 1,445 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 Troup climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 146, weakest 90: a ratio of 1.62.
How Troup comparesderived from the figures above
Where Troup sits.
Troup ranks 1054th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 14th percentile. Its 1,445 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are August, July, May and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in August and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.7% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Arp, 11 km northeast: 1,459 kWh per kW, 14 more than Troup.
- Whitehouse, 12 km northwest: 1,458 kWh per kW, 13 more than Troup.
- New Chapel Hill, 17 km north: 1,463 kWh per kW, 18 more than Troup.
- Bullard, 19 km west: 1,429 kWh per kW, 16 less than Troup.
- New Summerfield, 19 km south: 1,465 kWh per kW, 20 more than Troup.
- Overton, 20 km northeast: 1,449 kWh per kW, 4 more than Troup.
- New London, 22 km northeast: 1,461 kWh per kW, 16 more than Troup.
- Jacksonville, 25 km southwest: 1,448 kWh per kW, 3 more than Troup.
- Tyler, 26 km northwest: 1,463 kWh per kW, 18 more than Troup.
Against Dallas
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 170 km to the northwest, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Troup models 55 kWh per kW (3.7%) below it. Troup lies 0.64 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 (2.9 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, 221 km west, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Troup runs 90 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in Smith County, Cherokee CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Troup is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Troup 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 1,445 kWh at $221 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Southwestern Electric Power Co: 12.6¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 157,119 residential customers across 25 counties.
- Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp: 12.71¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 44,971 residential customers across 10 counties.
- Wood County Electric Coop, Inc: 12.83¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 36,173 residential customers across 9 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 Troup. 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 Troup 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 $223 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 739872
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 92.5 |
| February | 90.6 |
| March | 120.3 |
| April | 133.2 |
| May | 140.8 |
| June | 137.6 |
| July | 145.5 |
| August | 145.6 |
| September | 129.2 |
| October | 120.0 |
| November | 99.3 |
| December | 90.1 |
| Year | 1,445 |
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 32.15, -95.12 (Troup, population 2,141). Weather: typical-year data from station 739872, 2.9 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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