ratepayer
noun
rate·pay·er
ˈrāt-ˌpā-ər 
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Some cities don’t pass along the entire increase to their ratepayers and find other ways, such as grants, to cover the costs.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2025
As Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg expands his ravenous data centers, he’s agreed to take over subsidies that Illinois ratepayers have been providing to a nuclear power station in central Illinois since 2017.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
The industry does not want residential ratepayers subsidizing data center energy use.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
This process is used to evaluate the utility’s mix of energy generation to meet ratepayer needs.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 5 May 2025
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2025
As Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg expands his ravenous data centers, he’s agreed to take over subsidies that Illinois ratepayers have been providing to a nuclear power station in central Illinois since 2017.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
The industry does not want residential ratepayers subsidizing data center energy use.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
This process is used to evaluate the utility’s mix of energy generation to meet ratepayer needs.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for ratepayer
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“Ratepayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ratepayer. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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