Sentence examples for the ratepayers from inspiring English sources
noun
Someone who pays for utility service
- The government is supposed to mediate between ratepayers and the power company.
This should carry a warning to the ratepayers".
In both locations, the business risk rests with the ratepayers, not with the shareholders.
"If the plant is not built or suffers cost overruns, the ratepayers will bear the burden".
This is solely our responsibility — not the ratepayers' or the taxpayers'.
Before the ratepayers should pay a penny, PG & E should be forced to sell nonessential assets".
State regulators prohibit companies from charging bonuses and other variable pay to the ratepayers.
But if the ratepayers are made shareholders, that would be impossible.
"The ratepayers of Virginia must be protected from costs for renewable energy that are unreasonably high," the regulators said.
"They have to look for the ratepayers' long-term interest," he said, "not just the bills this year".
The credits will come from the company's funds and will not cost the ratepayers, a Con Edison spokesman said.
"The ratepayers of Long Island lost confidence in the ability of LIPA to run that utility effectively".
