The PUC in Austin decided Thursday to allow the charge.
The Dallas Morning News reported Friday that those charges are in addition to $2.21 a month consumers already pay on their electricity bills for the second round of high-tech meters. Those meters were designed to give people more information about their consumption to help them conserve.
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