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Texas Solar Costs by City

Compare solar panel cost, electricity rates, sun hours, and utility buyback across 20 Texas cities, from Dallas and Houston to El Paso and Midland.

Three variables decide whether solar works at your address: what you pay per kilowatt-hour, how much sun your roof gets, and what your utility does with the power you export. All three change materially across Texas. El Paso gets roughly 25% more usable sun than Tyler, and retail rates run from about 13.2¢ in Lubbock to 15.6¢ in Houston.

Texas solar cost inputs by city
CityUtilityRate (¢/kWh)Peak sun hoursCost per watt
DallasOncor15.25$2.72
HoustonCenterPoint Energy15.64.7$2.68
AustinAustin Energy14.15.1$2.78
San AntonioCPS Energy13.45.1$2.65
Fort WorthOncor155$2.70
PlanoOncor15.35$2.75
FriscoOncor15.35$2.76
ArlingtonOncor155$2.69
IrvingOncor15.15$2.71
GarlandGarland Power & Light13.95$2.70
McKinneyOncor15.25$2.74
Corpus ChristiAEP Texas14.65.2$2.80
El PasoEl Paso Electric13.86$2.60
LubbockLubbock Power & Light13.25.7$2.68
WacoOncor14.85.1$2.72
DentonDenton Municipal Electric13.65$2.70
TylerOncor14.74.8$2.76
AbileneAEP Texas14.45.5$2.70
MidlandOncor14.25.8$2.66
KilleenOncor14.65.1$2.74

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