How to Use ratepayer in a Sentence

ratepayer

noun
Definition of ratepayernext
  • If the money is lost or misspent, the ratepayer is on the hook for that.
    — Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The rest will be paid for with a low interest loan (2 percent) paid by ratepayers.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Including the treatment plant in the sale would cost ratepayers more than $1 million per year.
    — Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The department this year will generate about $712 million in revenue from ratepayers.
    — Andrew Maykuth, Philly.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Diesel from the Dale plant wouldn't be competing with natural gas in the same way coal gasification does, and in this case ratepayers are not taking on the risk.
    — Emily Hopkins, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Kightlinger said that even if none of the farming groups sign off, the most Southern California ratepayers would pay is $4.80 a month.
    — Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, 27 Mar. 2018
  • If an outside firm paid twice as much for ML&P, all that money — plus that company's profit — would come from our pockets as ratepayers.
    — Author: Charles Wohlforth | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2018
  • That could drop the monthly costs to Southern California ratepayers to as little as $2.40.
    — Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, 27 Mar. 2018
  • This office, which acts on behalf of the consumer, has also scheduled two public hearings in Indianapolis in the coming weeks for ratepayers to weigh in.
    — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2018
  • That saves the utilities – and therefore ratepayers – money and minimizes construction time and the attendant disruption.
    — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The largest batch of homes and businesses that could lose power are in Shasta County, where as many as 8,800 ratepayers could be taken offline.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 30 June 2024
  • Many also oppose the use of ratepayer funds for the project.
    — Gillian Flaccus, oregonlive, 18 Nov. 2020
  • But ratepayers may also have to pick up some of that tab.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Employees and ratepayers would each get a seat on the PG&E board.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
  • But then why should ratepayers be forced to, Fisher asked.
    — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 3 Feb. 2020
  • How much that means to a ratepayer’s bill is still uncertain.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2022
  • They must be forced to return the profits to ratepayers as refunds.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The monies will come from shareholder funds, not ratepayer funds.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2021
  • The average ratepayer would pay an extra $1 per month over the first decade.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The monies come from shareholder funds, not ratepayer funds.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
  • By increasing the cap, more ratepayers would be able to pursue these projects.
    — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023
  • The utility will pay $110 million over the life of the agreement from shareholder, not ratepayer, funds to the city.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2021
  • The cost of each tree comes from SDG&E shareholder dollars, not ratepayers.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023
  • At the start of the year, the average ratepayer in San Diego saw their electric bill spike 7.8 percent from the previous month.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2022
  • That is not in dispute, though there’s disagreement about how much the exit will cost ratepayers.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • The dispute over the $379 million dates back more than a decade, when SDG&E first applied to recover the money from ratepayers.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2019
  • The project was estimated to cost $639 million, paid for by ratepayers.
    — Rob Nikolewski, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 May 2018
  • The company and numerous stakeholders are battling right now over the cost of the plan and how much of it ratepayers should have to shoulder.
    — Scott Dance, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • For example, with a carbon tax, a utility might get dinged for spewing CO2 and then pass those costs on to the ratepayer in the form of a higher bill.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 4 Aug. 2020
  • However, it should not be subsidized by ratepayers and taxpayers.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024

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