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Those higher costs were being passed through to rate payers.

The cost of the modification would be passed on to rate payers.

Consumer groups said the rise would have forced rate payers pay too much of the cost.

Quite clearly what it meant to the average rate payer was seven pound a year.

Residential rate payers and small businesses were among the victims.

"That means Internet access is being paid for by the basic telephone rate payer."

A. We do not feel that rate payers should be saddled with the full payment of these costs.

"Today's agreement shields those 850,000 rate payers from a very large portion of the investment costs."

It was a massive operation and cost the rate payers millions, but no one complained.

His rate payers pay out $600 million annually on the debt service.

If there is any chance that rate payers be asked to pay for these costs we will continue to fight that.

We feel properly enacted restructuring legislation will provide benefits to rate payers.

But consumer advocates said the decision hurt rate payers.

The commission ruled that shareholders, not rate payers, should pick up the tab.

"If they try to make rate payers pay for this we will run into serious and perhaps even constitutional problems which we hope to avoid."

We'd support a program that will in fact help the rate payers and people of Long Island."

And because utilities are regulated by the states, virtually all of the saving is passed on to rate payers.

A dozen years ago, rate payer advocates would buy one share just so they could come to annual meetings and confront us.

However, the Settlement Laws were used to protect rate payers from paying too much.

"If we don't get reimbursed, the costs will ultimately burden the rate payers."

Refinancing, however, could save Northwest rate payers about $100 million a year.

His Administration argued that more research was needed before expensive changes were imposed on industry, particularly electric utilities and their rate payers.

Basic rate payers may have to increase contributions.

Protect urban rate payers from paying too much.

And much of that cost, she said, could be borne by individual customers who want advanced services, rather than by all rate payers.