Sun on a roof in Yoakum.

How Yoakum comparesderived from the figures above

Where Yoakum sits.

Yoakum ranks 965th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 21st percentile. Its 1,463 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, May, August and the weakest are February, January, December; output peaks in July and bottoms out in February. In all, 30.0% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Shiner, 16 km north: 1,496 kWh per kW, 33 more than Yoakum.
• Cuero, 25 km southwest: 1,480 kWh per kW, 17 more than Yoakum.
• Hallettsville, 26 km northeast: 1,509 kWh per kW, 46 more than Yoakum.
• Moulton, 31 km north: 1,463 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Yoakum.
• Gonzales, 38 km northwest: 1,504 kWh per kW, 41 more than Yoakum.
• Flatonia, 45 km north: 1,488 kWh per kW, 25 more than Yoakum.
• Waelder, 47 km north: 1,485 kWh per kW, 22 more than Yoakum.
• Smiley, 48 km west: 1,478 kWh per kW, 15 more than Yoakum.
• Yorktown, 49 km southwest: 1,500 kWh per kW, 37 more than Yoakum.

Against Austin

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 126 km to the northwest, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Yoakum models 20 kWh per kW (1.3%) below it. Yoakum lies 1.01 degrees of latitude south of Austin, 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 (1.0 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 San Antonio, 134 km west, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Yoakum runs 42 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, April, June, August, September, October, November.

Electricity in Lavaca County, DeWitt CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists AEP Texas Central in this county. Where Yoakum is on AEP Texas Central's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Yoakum 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 1,463 kWh at $224 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.
• San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc: 14.11¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 32,557 residential customers across 8 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 Yoakum. 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

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Scale the Yoakum 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 $225 per kW a year as plain multiplication.