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Sun on a roof in West.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in West at 1,513 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.5 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 West climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 154, weakest 90: a ratio of 1.71.
How West comparesderived from the figures above
Where West sits.
West ranks 626th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 49th percentile. Its 1,513 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, June, August and the weakest are December, February, November; 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
- Ross, 8 km south: 1,503 kWh per kW, 10 less than West.
- Abbott, 10 km north: 1,533 kWh per kW, 20 more than West.
- Leroy, 10 km southeast: 1,509 kWh per kW, 4 less than West.
- Aquilla, 13 km northwest: 1,505 kWh per kW, 8 less than West.
- Penelope, 16 km east: 1,511 kWh per kW, 2 less than West.
- Gholson, 17 km southwest: 1,507 kWh per kW, 6 less than West.
- Lacy-Lakeview, 19 km south: 1,508 kWh per kW, 5 less than West.
- Mount Calm, 20 km east: 1,522 kWh per kW, 9 more than West.
- Bynum, 21 km northeast: 1,530 kWh per kW, 17 more than West.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 112 km to the north, at 1,535 kWh per kW. West models 22 kWh per kW (1.4%) below it. West lies 0.98 degrees of latitude south of Fort Worth, 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 (1.5 km and 1.5 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 114 km north, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so West runs 13 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, West runs at least 2% higher in January, October. It runs at least 2% lower in February, May, August, December.
Electricity in McLennan CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where West 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 West 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 1,513 kWh at $232 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 14.82¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 27,850 residential customers across 5 counties.
- Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc: 16.26¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,861 residential customers across 9 counties.
- Heart of Texas Electric Coop: 11.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 18,476 residential customers across 7 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 West. 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 West 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 $233 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 694996
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 108.9 |
| February | 98.1 |
| March | 126.1 |
| April | 135.8 |
| May | 139.5 |
| June | 146.0 |
| July | 153.7 |
| August | 145.4 |
| September | 133.3 |
| October | 127.9 |
| November | 108.4 |
| December | 89.9 |
| Year | 1,513 |
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 31.8, -97.09 (West, population 2,597). Weather: typical-year data from station 694996, 1.5 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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