How to Use ratepayer in a Sentence

ratepayer

noun
  • Seems like a win for ratepayers and stock holders.
    — Jim Cramer, Contributor, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • That means ratepayers could end up footing the bill.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • If the money is lost or misspent, the ratepayer is on the hook for that.
    — Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2018
  • How much that means to a ratepayer’s bill is still uncertain.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Now taxpayers, rather than ratepayers, will pick up the tab.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Now taxpayers, rather than ratepayers, will pick up the tab.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The monies will come from shareholder funds, not ratepayer funds.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2021
  • Jackson said those funds could help pay for grid upgrades so ratepayers don’t have to.
    — Calmatters, Mercury News, 16 July 2025
  • Now, taxpayers, rather than ratepayers, will pick up the tab.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
  • They must be forced to return the profits to ratepayers as refunds.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • By increasing the cap, more ratepayers would be able to pursue these projects.
    — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023
  • Plus, making the line longer increases costs, which are passed on to ratepayers.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The tech companies or the ratepayers?
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Tell those fantasies to today’s ratepayers.
    — Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The average ratepayer would pay an extra $1 per month over the first decade.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
  • With so few ratepayers, Bouse’s water co-op didn’t have the revenue to pay for the project.
    — Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The rest will be paid for with a low interest loan (2 percent) paid by ratepayers.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Regardless of who is to blame, ratepayers are angry.
    — Christine Sloan, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Connecticut ratepayers didn’t just get squeezed.
    — Josh Elliott, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
  • That’s the very least that Illinois ratepayers deserve.
    — Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Frequently, ratepayers end up paying more in the wash.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • This expansion would cost ratepayers and harm the ecosystem.
    — Susan Moynihan, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Zeldin claimed the final repeal of the rules would save ratepayers more than $1 billion a year.
    — Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
  • The report explains that this is an indirect cost that ratepayers will pay.
    — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Climate and ratepayer advocates pushed to reform that law this past year.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
  • These costs will ultimately be borne by ratepayers.
    — Andria Ventura, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Or could the utility overbuild and stick other ratepayers with the bill?
    — CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The instinct to shield ratepayers from rising costs is exactly right.
    — Brian Barlow, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The roundabout process is designed to cushion ratepayers from higher costs.
    — Dale Kasler, sacbee.com, 24 May 2017

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