@West-tex This is what I got from one of the electric provider websites. In some form or fashion everyone who has electricity pays this delivery fee..
These are the Delivery Charges of your Transmission and Distribution Service Provider (TDSP) as of June 1, 2015. These charges are total amounts assessed by a TDSP for the delivery of electricity to a customer over poles and wires and other TDSP facilities not including discretionary charge.
Delivery Charges are approved by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and apply to all residential customers, serviced by the TDSP, regardless of who their retail electricity provider is. The Delivery Charges are displayed under a separate section on the monthly bill under the description “Delivery Charges” so it's easy find them .
Certain TDSP charges are billed on a monthly basis, and some are billed on a usage basis (per kilowatt hour). For this reason, the total Delivery Charges amount will vary each month depending on your monthly kilowatt-hour usage.