Sun on a roof in Van Horn.

How Van Horn comparesderived from the figures above

Where Van Horn sits.

Van Horn ranks 7th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 100th percentile. Its 1,829 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are May, April, March and the weakest are December, January, February; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 26.2% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Valentine, 59 km southeast: 1,803 kWh per kW, 26 less than Van Horn.
• Toyah, 103 km east: 1,782 kWh per kW, 47 less than Van Horn.
• Balmorhea, 104 km east: 1,742 kWh per kW, 87 less than Van Horn.
• Dell City, 105 km north: 1,842 kWh per kW, 13 more than Van Horn.
• Marfa, 112 km southeast: 1,829 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Van Horn.
• Town of Pecos, 130 km east: 1,792 kWh per kW, 37 less than Van Horn.
• Alpine, 135 km southeast: 1,783 kWh per kW, 46 less than Van Horn.
• Barstow, 144 km east: 1,780 kWh per kW, 49 less than Van Horn.
• Clint, 146 km northwest: 1,880 kWh per kW, 51 more than Van Horn.

Against El Paso

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is El Paso, 176 km to the northwest, at 1,835 kWh per kW. Van Horn models 6 kWh per kW (0.3%) below it. The two figures are within 1 percent, which is about the size of the difference you get from two neighboring weather stations alone, so this page's result is effectively the same as El Paso's.

The second-nearest large place is San Antonio, 631 km east, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Van Horn runs 324 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Van Horn runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in Culberson CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Van Horn is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Van Horn 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 1,829 kWh at $280 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• El Paso Electric Co: 13.86¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 320,320 residential customers across 3 counties.
• Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc: 18.29¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 9,371 residential customers across 18 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 Horn. 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 Van Horn 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 $282 per kW a year as plain multiplication.