Sun on a roof in Wells.

How Wells comparesderived from the figures above

Where Wells sits.

Wells ranks 1182nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 3rd percentile. Its 1,382 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, May, August and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.4% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Alto, 21 km northwest: 1,390 kWh per kW, 8 more than Wells.
• Hudson, 25 km southeast: 1,356 kWh per kW, 26 less than Wells.
• Kennard, 27 km southwest: 1,382 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Wells.
• Lufkin, 28 km southeast: 1,362 kWh per kW, 20 less than Wells.
• Nacogdoches, 31 km northeast: 1,401 kWh per kW, 19 more than Wells.
• Burke, 33 km southeast: 1,367 kWh per kW, 15 less than Wells.
• Diboll, 37 km southeast: 1,374 kWh per kW, 8 less than Wells.
• Cushing, 37 km north: 1,434 kWh per kW, 52 more than Wells.
• Rusk, 39 km northwest: 1,434 kWh per kW, 52 more than Wells.

Against Houston

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Houston, 194 km to the south, at 1,422 kWh per kW. Wells models 40 kWh per kW (2.8%) below it. Wells lies 1.7 degrees of latitude north of Houston, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its lower modeled output. The weather station for Wells is 0.9 km from the modeled point, against 2.4 km for Houston, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.

The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 224 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Wells runs 118 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in Cherokee CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Wells is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Wells 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 1,382 kWh at $212 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn: 14.76¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 22,613 residential customers across 4 counties.
• Houston County Elec Coop Inc: 15.28¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 21,761 residential customers across 9 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 Wells. 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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Starting rate: the Texas residential average of 15.4¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $213 per kW a year as plain multiplication.