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Rules for allocating a project 's costs burden local ratepayers rather than distant beneficiaries .

项目成本分配规则主要加赋于本地纳税人，而非远方的受益者。

The burden the act placed on ratepayers led to a reaction against public expenditure .

这个法案加在纳税人身上的负担引起了人们对公共费用开支的反对。

Nuclear power is expanding only in places where taxpayers and ratepayers can be compelled to foot the bill .

核电是扩大只在纳税人和纳税人不得被迫买单的地方。

The contract requires no state subsidy and provides favorable pricing for ratepayers because tests have shown the stirling dish technology can produce electricity at significantly lower costs than other solar technologies .

合约要求没有国家补贴，并为纳税人有利的定价，因为测试显示技术的斯特灵菜可以产生比其它技术，大大降低太阳能发电的成本。

Apl had no ownership in the plant ; it belonged to an independent subsidiary with no ratepayers , and its construction and financing plan had to be approved only by the federal government , which subjected the project to far less than adequate scrutiny .

阿肯色电力与照明公司在这个核电厂中没有所有权；它属于一个独立的没有纳税人的附属公司，它的建设和财务计划只需经过联邦政府的许可，这就使这个项目远远得不到足够的监督。