ratepayer
noun
rate·pay·er
ˈrāt-ˌpā-ər 
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Given its high cost–both financially and in its toll on public health–and its frequent outages, backtracking on coal retirements has nothing but downsides for Pueblo and Xcel ratepayers.
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Jamie Valdez, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
The tech companies or the ratepayers?
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
One burning question is whether the forecasts are based on data center projects that may never get built — eliciting concern that regular ratepayers could be stuck with the bill to build unnecessary power plants and grid infrastructure at a cost of billions of dollars.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
These costs are shouldered by utilities, who pass them on to ratepayers — spreading the expenses over decades of line-item bill fees.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
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Jamie Valdez, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
The tech companies or the ratepayers?
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
One burning question is whether the forecasts are based on data center projects that may never get built — eliciting concern that regular ratepayers could be stuck with the bill to build unnecessary power plants and grid infrastructure at a cost of billions of dollars.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
These costs are shouldered by utilities, who pass them on to ratepayers — spreading the expenses over decades of line-item bill fees.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Ratepayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ratepayer. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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