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Texas solar calculator, cost guide, and buyback-plan checklist

Use your ZIP code, home size, and monthly electricity bill for a Texas planning estimate, then check the buyback-plan and property-tax questions that can change a real proposal.

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Texas utility context

Check your buyback plan before sizing for exports

Texas utilities and retail plans can differ on export compensation. The Texas Comptroller also publishes guidance for the solar and wind-powered energy-device property-tax exemption.

This calculator begins with a 14¢/kWh planning reference. Your retail electricity plan, delivery charges, and solar buyback terms may materially change the result.

Calculator planning inputs

Reference rate
14¢/kWh
Reference install cost
$2.60/W
Export assumption
Avoided-cost buyback (utility-set wholesale-like rate)
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Enter home details

Your ZIP code, approximate home size, stories, and monthly electricity bill.

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See your estimate

Review estimated cost, yearly savings, and a potential payback timeline.

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Choose what’s next

Use the estimate to compare written proposals only when you are ready.

Texas home estimate

Use your own home details

The estimate starts with your Texas ZIP code and applies the state-specific planning context above. An address is optional.

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Results appear immediately. No name, email, or phone number is required.

An estimate is fine. No street address is needed.

This converts living area into an estimated roof footprint.

We use it only to look for a mapped roof outline for this estimate. It is not saved as a lead or sent to an installer.

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Installer coverage we can identify

These companies publish service areas in Texas. Availability, pricing, and fit should be confirmed directly with each installer.

Verify local rules before signing

Incentive capacity, tax eligibility, utility tariffs, and export credits can change. These are the official resources used for this page.

Start with your own numbers

SolarSavings provides an informational estimate based on the details you enter. Actual pricing, production, incentives, and savings can vary.

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