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Sun on a roof in Venus.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Venus at 1,522 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 Venus climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 158, weakest 95: a ratio of 1.67.
How Venus comparesderived from the figures above
Where Venus sits.
Venus ranks 536th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 56th percentile. Its 1,522 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, May and the weakest are January, December, February; output peaks in July and bottoms out in January. 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
- Alvarado, 11 km west: 1,531 kWh per kW, 9 more than Venus.
- Midlothian, 11 km northeast: 1,520 kWh per kW, 2 less than Venus.
- Mansfield, 16 km north: 1,517 kWh per kW, 5 less than Venus.
- Maypearl, 16 km southeast: 1,512 kWh per kW, 10 less than Venus.
- Grandview, 19 km southwest: 1,535 kWh per kW, 13 more than Venus.
- Coyote Flats, 19 km southwest: 1,555 kWh per kW, 33 more than Venus.
- Briaroaks, 20 km northwest: 1,528 kWh per kW, 6 more than Venus.
- Keene, 21 km west: 1,539 kWh per kW, 17 more than Venus.
- Cedar Hill, 21 km northeast: 1,506 kWh per kW, 16 less than Venus.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 45 km to the northwest, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Venus models 13 kWh per kW (0.8%) 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 Fort Worth's.
The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 51 km northeast, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Venus runs 22 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Venus runs at least 2% higher in May, July, December. It runs at least 2% lower in January.
Electricity in Ellis County, Johnson CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Venus 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 Venus 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 1,522 kWh at $233 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- United Electric Coop Service Inc: 13.91¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 91,268 residential customers across 14 counties.
- HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 14.82¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 27,850 residential customers across 5 counties.
- Navarro County Elec Coop, Inc: 12.92¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,029 residential customers across 5 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 Venus. 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 Venus 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 $234 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 695261
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 95.1 |
| February | 101.5 |
| March | 125.4 |
| April | 133.4 |
| May | 147.6 |
| June | 146.5 |
| July | 158.4 |
| August | 150.5 |
| September | 134.5 |
| October | 123.5 |
| November | 106.0 |
| December | 99.8 |
| Year | 1,522 |
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 32.43, -97.1 (Venus, population 8,209). Weather: typical-year data from station 695261, 2.2 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
A model cannot see your roof. Installers measure pitch, shade and the electrical panel on site. Quote marketplaces such as EnergySage, SolarReviews and WattBuy collect bids from local installers. Rate & Roof does not rank installers.
Next step
Payback, buyback.
The sliders above price the energy at one rate. The payback calculator adds the system cost and your buyback plan type, and shows every assumption. It is an estimate, not advice.
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