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Sun on a roof in Victoria.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Victoria at 1,478 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.4 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 Victoria climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 149, weakest 91: a ratio of 1.63.
How Victoria comparesderived from the figures above
Where Victoria sits.
Victoria ranks 124th of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 22nd percentile. Its 1,478 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are July, August, May and the weakest are February, December, November; output peaks in July and bottoms out in February. In all, 29.5% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.4% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Portland, 110 km south: 1,553 kWh per kW, 75 more than Victoria.
- Corpus Christi, 121 km south: 1,529 kWh per kW, 51 more than Victoria.
- Seguin, 127 km northwest: 1,498 kWh per kW, 20 more than Victoria.
- Rosenberg, 139 km northeast: 1,441 kWh per kW, 37 less than Victoria.
- Fulshear, 143 km northeast: 1,461 kWh per kW, 17 less than Victoria.
- Cibolo, 145 km northwest: 1,496 kWh per kW, 18 more than Victoria.
- New Braunfels, 146 km northwest: 1,498 kWh per kW, 20 more than Victoria.
- Schertz, 147 km northwest: 1,502 kWh per kW, 24 more than Victoria.
- San Marcos, 148 km northwest: 1,507 kWh per kW, 29 more than Victoria.
Against San Antonio
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is San Antonio, 164 km to the northwest, at 1,505 kWh per kW. Victoria models 27 kWh per kW (1.8%) below it. Victoria lies 0.63 degrees of latitude south of San Antonio, which on sun angle alone would point the other way, so clouds, haze and the weather station's record carry the difference. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (2.4 km and 2.2 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Austin, 179 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Victoria runs 5 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Victoria runs at least 2% higher in October. It runs at least 2% lower in February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November, December.
Electricity in Victoria CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists AEP Texas Central in this county. Where Victoria is on AEP Texas Central's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Victoria 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 1,478 kWh at $226 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc: 11.83¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 95,358 residential customers across 13 counties.
- Victoria Electric Coop, Inc: 12.4¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 21,716 residential customers across 6 counties.
- AEP Texas Central Company: 5.91¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 793,896 residential customers across 44 counties.
These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Victoria. 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 Victoria 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 15.47¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $229 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 697928
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 102.7 |
| February | 91.3 |
| March | 122.0 |
| April | 129.0 |
| May | 141.8 |
| June | 140.7 |
| July | 148.8 |
| August | 146.9 |
| September | 127.7 |
| October | 133.1 |
| November | 100.6 |
| December | 93.7 |
| Year | 1,478 |
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 28.83, -96.99 (Victoria, population 66,020). Weather: typical-year data from station 697928, 2.4 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.
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Payback, buyback.
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