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Get a Free QuoteTemple solar costs $2.05–$2.45/W in Oncor territory. A 10 kW system runs ~$22,500. Sitting between DFW and Austin on I-35, Temple gets full Oncor incentives — up to $9,000 battery rebate and TXU retail-match. Bell County 2.15% property tax exemption adds significant savings. No federal 25D.
2026 Alert: Federal 25D expired. $0 federal credit. Propel Solar uses a third-party owner to access the commercial ITC.
Temple benefits from competitive installer pricing from both DFW and Austin markets along the I-35 corridor.
| REP | Plan | Rate | Contract | Rollover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TXU EnergyTop Pick | Solar Buyback 24 | Retail-match | 24 mo | |
| TXU Energy | Solar Buyback 12 | Retail-match | 12 mo | |
| Green Mountain Energy | Solar Buyback 36 | 8.5¢/kWh fixed | 36 mo | |
| Chariot Energy | Solar Buyback 24 | 7.0¢/kWh fixed | 24 mo | |
| Constellation | Solar Buyback 12 | 6.5¢/kWh fixed | 12 mo | |
| Shell Energy | Solar Buyback 24 | 6.0¢/kWh fixed | 24 mo | |
| Rhythm Energy | Solar Buyback | Wholesale (variable) | Mo-to-mo |
Bell County's higher-than-average tax rate means the solar exemption delivers strong savings.
NREL's SolarTRACE dataset records how long each phase of a completed residential rooftop project took, by jurisdiction and serving utility. Temple is well represented for a city of its size, and the picture it paints is unambiguous: the municipal review is slow and the utility is not. That matters when you are comparing a Temple quote against one from Waco or Round Rock, because the calendar difference has nothing to do with the installer.
| Utility of record | Cohort | AHJ permit | Utility pre-install review | Inspection wait | Final IX → PTO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | 2024 · 28 installs | 11 d | 0 d | 7.5 d | 1 d |
| Texas, all jurisdictions | 2024 · 2673 installs | 4 d | 3 d | 5 d | 4 d |
Eleven days to clear plan review is close to triple the 4-day Texas median, and Temple adds a 7.5-day inspection wait on top of a 5-day state figure. The cohort behind those numbers is 28 completed installs from 2024, which for a non-metro Texas jurisdiction is a genuinely usable sample rather than a handful of outliers. Nothing about it is fatal to a project — it is a fortnight, not a season — but it belongs in the schedule you agree with your installer up front.
Oncor cleared the pre-install interconnection review with a 0-day median for Temple projects and closed permission-to-operate in a median of 1 day, against Texas medians of 3 and 4. Put the two halves side by side and roughly 18.5 of the 19.5 measured days belong to the city process while about one belongs to the wires company. That is the reverse of the pattern in most co-op-served Texas jurisdictions, where the tail sits with the utility.
Source: NREL SolarTRACE Dataset v9-9-2025 (data.nlr.gov), median timelines for 0-10kW residential PV. Figures are medians for the reporting year shown, not commitments; cells the federal file leaves empty appear as “not reported”.
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Federal Residential Solar Tax Credit (Section 25D) Expired
Homeowners who purchase solar with cash or a loan receive $0 in federal tax credits. Section 25D expired December 31, 2025.
CenterPoint delivery area. Deregulated — choose a solar buyback REP for best export value. High humidity reduces panel efficiency slightly. Strong solar irradiance despite cloud cover. Largest TX solar market by installed capacity.
Cost Range
$2.00–$2.40/W
Peak Sun Hours
5.3 hrs/day
Avg Electric Rate
$0.14/kWh
County Tax Rate
2.31%
Annual Production
15,476
kWh/year
Annual Savings
$1,800
per year
Payback Period
12.2
years
25-Year Savings
$65,627
total
Estimates based on average 2026 TX solar pricing, 5.3 peak sun hours/day, 0.5%/year panel degradation, 3%/year electricity rate increase, and TX property tax exemption (Tax Code §11.27). Actual costs vary by installer, roof condition, and system configuration. Section 25D residential ITC expired Dec 31, 2025 — $0 federal tax credit for cash/loan purchases.
$0 down, fixed payment, ownership by year 5.
Third-party captures 30% commercial ITC.
~10% savings from day one.
Silfab 440W panels, free maintenance.
Last updated: March 8, 2026.