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Sun on a roof in Van.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Van at 1,481 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.2 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 Van climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 153, weakest 90: a ratio of 1.71.
How Van comparesderived from the figures above
Where Van sits.
Van ranks 887th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 27th percentile. Its 1,481 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, May and the weakest are February, December, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in February. In all, 29.9% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Edom, 17 km south: 1,469 kWh per kW, 12 less than Van.
- Hideaway, 17 km east: 1,481 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Van.
- Grand Saline, 19 km north: 1,508 kWh per kW, 27 more than Van.
- Mineola, 21 km northeast: 1,477 kWh per kW, 4 less than Van.
- Canton, 21 km west: 1,484 kWh per kW, 3 more than Van.
- Lindale, 22 km east: 1,478 kWh per kW, 3 less than Van.
- Fruitvale, 23 km northwest: 1,494 kWh per kW, 13 more than Van.
- Brownsboro, 25 km south: 1,484 kWh per kW, 3 more than Van.
- Chandler, 28 km southeast: 1,487 kWh per kW, 6 more than Van.
Against Dallas
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 110 km to the west, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Van models 19 kWh per kW (1.3%) below it. At 0.27 degrees of latitude apart, the two sit at almost the same sun angle, so geometry explains little. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (2.2 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, 163 km west, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Van runs 54 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, September, December.
Electricity in Van Zandt CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Van 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 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 1,481 kWh at $227 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.
- Farmers Electric Coop, Inc: 11.95¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 88,221 residential customers across 12 counties.
- 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 Van. 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 Van 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 $228 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 728674
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 96.1 |
| February | 89.5 |
| March | 119.1 |
| April | 138.1 |
| May | 144.2 |
| June | 144.0 |
| July | 152.7 |
| August | 146.8 |
| September | 129.3 |
| October | 123.7 |
| November | 105.5 |
| December | 91.9 |
| Year | 1,481 |
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 32.52, -95.64 (Van, population 2,944). Weather: typical-year data from station 728674, 2.2 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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