Sun on a roof in Van Alstyne.

How Van Alstyne comparesderived from the figures above

Where Van Alstyne sits.

Van Alstyne ranks 520th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 57th percentile. Its 1,524 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, June, August and the weakest are January, November, December; output peaks in July and bottoms out in January. In all, 30.2% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Anna, 8 km south: 1,524 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Van Alstyne.
• Howe, 11 km north: 1,524 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Van Alstyne.
• Weston, 13 km southwest: 1,500 kWh per kW, 24 less than Van Alstyne.
• Tom Bean, 14 km northeast: 1,518 kWh per kW, 6 less than Van Alstyne.
• Melissa, 15 km south: 1,517 kWh per kW, 7 less than Van Alstyne.
• Dorchester, 16 km northwest: 1,529 kWh per kW, 5 more than Van Alstyne.
• Whitewright, 20 km northeast: 1,536 kWh per kW, 12 more than Van Alstyne.
• Blue Ridge, 21 km southeast: 1,524 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Van Alstyne.
• Gunter, 22 km west: 1,511 kWh per kW, 13 less than Van Alstyne.

Against Dallas

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 72 km to the south, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Van Alstyne models 24 kWh per kW (1.6%) above it. Van Alstyne lies 0.63 degrees of latitude north 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 weather station for Van Alstyne is 1.1 km from the modeled point, against 2.4 km for Dallas, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.

The second-nearest large place is Fort Worth, 101 km southwest, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Van Alstyne runs 11 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Van Alstyne runs at least 2% higher in February, June, July, September, December. It runs at least 2% lower in January, May, August, November.

Electricity in Collin County, Grayson CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Van Alstyne 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 Van Alstyne 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 1,524 kWh at $233 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Denton County Elec Coop, Inc: 13.18¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 310,805 residential customers across 6 counties.
• Grayson-Collin Elec Coop, Inc: 17.04¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 97,950 residential customers across 4 counties.
• Farmers Electric Coop, Inc: 11.95¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 88,221 residential customers across 12 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 Van Alstyne. 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.

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Scale the Van Alstyne 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 $235 per kW a year as plain multiplication.