Sun on a roof in Tuscola.

How Tuscola comparesderived from the figures above

Where Tuscola sits.

Tuscola ranks 192nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 84th percentile. Its 1,635 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, June, May and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.1% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Buffalo Gap, 8 km north: 1,642 kWh per kW, 7 more than Tuscola.
• Lawn, 9 km southeast: 1,611 kWh per kW, 24 less than Tuscola.
• Abilene, 27 km north: 1,650 kWh per kW, 15 more than Tuscola.
• Tye, 27 km north: 1,632 kWh per kW, 3 less than Tuscola.
• Novice, 29 km southeast: 1,616 kWh per kW, 19 less than Tuscola.
• Impact, 33 km north: 1,648 kWh per kW, 13 more than Tuscola.
• Winters, 33 km southwest: 1,634 kWh per kW, 1 less than Tuscola.
• Merkel, 35 km northwest: 1,646 kWh per kW, 11 more than Tuscola.
• Clyde, 36 km northeast: 1,650 kWh per kW, 15 more than Tuscola.

Against Fort Worth

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 238 km to the east, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Tuscola models 100 kWh per kW (6.5%) above it. Tuscola lies 0.57 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 two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (1.9 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 Austin, 288 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Tuscola runs 152 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Tuscola runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in Taylor CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists AEP Texas North in this county. Where Tuscola is on AEP Texas North's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Tuscola 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 1,635 kWh at $250 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Taylor Electric Coop Inc: 16.14¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,215 residential customers across 11 counties.
• AEP Texas North Company: 5.86¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 158,488 residential customers across 51 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Tuscola. 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 Tuscola 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 $252 per kW a year as plain multiplication.