Baoji Fengjing Residential District is still charging heating network fees in violation of regulations.

Some citizens in Baoji City, Shaanxi Province reported to our reporter a few days ago that the relevant state departments explicitly stipulated that the access fee for natural gas and heating pipe networks should be cancelled, but the developers or property management companies in some local communities still charge the owners this fee. The reporter conducted an investigation into this.

There are differences in charging standards.

According to the reporter's investigation, at present, most residential areas in Baoji charge the owners 60 yuan /m2-65 yuan /m2 for heating and 2,400-2,900 yuan for natural gas. During the interview, some residential developers and property management companies said that they charged the gas company access fees for natural gas and heating pipe networks on the premise of signing contracts with the gas company, and the charging standards were set by the other party.

The person in charge of Baoji China Gas City Gas Development Co., Ltd. told the reporter that according to the relevant documents of Baoji Municipal Government, from June 1 day, 2007, the natural gas network access fee will be charged according to the material fee of 1300 yuan+the IC card price difference of 276 yuan, and the contract pricing will still be implemented before that. In practice, in order to prevent the shortage of natural gas public network construction funds, gas companies charge developers or property management companies. Some developers or property management companies are unwilling to bear this part of the cost, so they charge users.

Overcharged fees should be refunded.

According to the reporter's investigation, according to the Reply of Shaanxi Provincial Price Bureau and Shaanxi Provincial Department of Finance on the charging standard of Baoji's urban infrastructure supporting fees and related issues (Shaanxi Price Hangfa [2006] No.9), the municipal construction costs such as centralized heating and natural gas in Baoji City are charged from the urban infrastructure supporting fees. Natural gas accounts for 10%, and central heating accounts for 12%.

The person in charge of the price department of Baoji Municipal Price Bureau told the reporter that starting from June 2007 1, the access fee of urban natural gas pipeline network will no longer be charged separately, and10% will be charged from the collected urban supporting fee; After June 65438+1 October1in 2005, users who apply for the building planning permit will be charged the heating fee of central heating at 12% of the supporting fee, that is, per square meter 10.8 yuan, which will be paid directly by the construction unit to the planning and other supporting fee collection departments. On June 2nd this year, the Municipal Price Bureau issued the Notice on Enterprises Not Charging Users for the Access Fee of Central Heating Pipe Network, requiring that the access fee of central heating pipe network in Baoji be implemented in accordance with the Notice of Baoji Municipal People's Government on Approving the Municipal Price Bureau, Finance Bureau and Planning Bureau to charge and use the supporting fee of urban infrastructure in Baoji (Bao Fa [2005] No.54). The person in charge said that the price department will investigate and deal with enterprises that violate the rules.

In the interview, the reporter learned that after some citizens reported to the price department, developers or property management companies in communities such as Weishuiyuan and Zuo 'an New Town have already refunded some natural gas access fees to the owners. The property management company in Shanshui Wenyuan Community has refunded the relevant expenses of the owner who took over the house after May 12, but the owner who handed over the house before May 12 has not refunded it.

Charging is illegal.

Fang Ligang, a member of china law society and a lawyer of Baoji City, told the reporter that the supporting fee for urban infrastructure was paid by the developer to the relevant departments before the real estate started construction and the planning permit was applied, and it was included in the project cost, and the owner had included this fee in the purchase price when buying a house. If the developer charges the owner for supporting urban infrastructure when handing over the house, it is a double charge.

For some developers, on the grounds that they have signed contracts with gas and heating companies, the owners are required to pay double the gas access fee when handling the handover procedures. Fang Ligang thinks this is illegal. He said that the developers should solve the problems arising from the illegal signing of contracts by themselves, and use this as an excuse to collect these two fees from the owners, which harms the interests of consumers.

Faced with such a problem, how should consumers protect their rights? Fang Ligang suggested that according to the State Council's Provisions on Administrative Penalties for Price Violations, the owners can report in writing to Baoji Price Bureau and demand that they be investigated and dealt with according to law. At the same time, developers can be required to refund the overcharged fees. If the developer refuses to refund, he can bring a lawsuit to the people's court.