Is it illegal for the landlord to collect water and electricity fees indiscriminately?

It is illegal for the landlord to deliberately raise the water and electricity charges.

Those who fail to collect electricity fees from users according to the electricity price approved by the state and the records of electricity metering devices, set electricity prices beyond their authority or collect other fees from electricity fees shall be given a warning by the competent price department, ordered to return the illegally collected fees, and may be fined not more than five times the illegally collected fees. If the circumstances are serious, the relevant person in charge and the person directly responsible shall be given administrative sanctions. The landlord can ask the landlord to give a water and electricity notice to pay the high electricity bill. If not, the landlord may terminate the lease contract in case of breach of contract. No unit or individual is allowed to collect other electricity charges. Where laws and regulations provide otherwise, such provisions shall prevail.

The landlord's response measures for charging water and electricity fees indiscriminately are as follows:

1, there is not enough evidence to negotiate with the landlord;

2. In the case of collecting complete evidence to prove that the landlord collects water and electricity fees indiscriminately, he can report the situation to the competent price department and make a complaint.

The landlord's breach of contract shall be handled as follows:

1. During the performance of the house lease contract, if the landlord breaches the contract, the lessee may require the landlord to continue to perform the contract and bear the liability for breach of contract, or terminate the lease contract to compensate for the losses. If one party fails to perform its contractual obligations or fails to meet the contract obligations, it shall bear the liabilities for breach of contract such as continuing to perform, taking remedial measures or compensating for losses;

2, can be executed according to the contract, take the house lease contract to safeguard their rights and obligations. If the landlord still refuses to continue to perform the contract and bear the liability for breach of contract. In this case, the tenant can mediate through the mediation committee or bring a lawsuit to the court where the landlord is located to resolve the dispute.

To sum up, water and electricity charges are set by the government, and middlemen are not allowed to earn the difference, otherwise they can complain to the water conservancy department and the electric power department; As a tenant, you can ask the landlord to refund the difference that has been charged. If the landlord breaches the contract, the tenant can also terminate the contract on this ground; Similar problems often occur. In order to maximize the benefits, landlords usually add the difference to the water and electricity bills.

Legal basis:

Article 44 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Electric Power Law

No unit or individual may charge other fees in the electricity bill; However, if there are other provisions in laws and administrative regulations, those provisions shall prevail.

Where a local fund-raising office collects additional electricity charges, the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall formulate measures in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State Council.

Power supply enterprises are prohibited from charging other fees when collecting electricity charges.

Article 66

In violation of the provisions of Articles 33, 43 and 44 of this Law, those who fail to collect electricity fees from users according to the electricity prices approved by the state and the records of electricity metering devices, set the electricity prices beyond their authority or add other fees to the electricity fees, shall be given a warning by the competent pricing department, ordered to return the illegally collected fees, and may be fined not more than five times the illegally collected fees; If the circumstances are serious, the relevant person in charge and the person directly responsible shall be given administrative sanctions.