It is illegal to raise the price of electricity charged by the property.

It is illegal for a property company to overcharge electricity.

If the property management company in your community or office building is indifferent to the notice of the National Development and Reform Commission, turns a deaf ear and refuses to change, don't worry.

Price departments at all levels will work with power supply enterprises to carry out special rectification of unreasonable price increases in power supply links. Those bad behaviors, such as price increases and arbitrary charges, as well as the untrustworthy behaviors of relevant subjects, will be included in the national credit information sharing platform and published through the website of Credit China.

If the realty service enterprise has an entrustment contract with the relevant units to collect the water and electricity fees, then the owners should actively cooperate and pay the relevant fees according to the prescribed standards. The realty service enterprise shall not charge additional fees such as handling fees to the owners when collecting utilities.

The realty service enterprise shall stop the violation of laws and regulations such as public security, environmental protection, property decoration and use in the realty management area, and report to the relevant administrative departments in a timely manner. After receiving the report from the realty service enterprise, the relevant administrative department shall stop the illegal act or deal with it according to law.

Failing to collect electricity fees from users according to the electricity price approved by the state and the records of electricity metering devices, setting electricity prices beyond authority or charging other fees in electricity fees, the competent price department shall give a warning, order it to return the illegally collected fees, and may impose a fine of less 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.

China's laws prohibit any unit or individual from charging other electricity charges; 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.

legal ground

"Property Management Regulations" Article 44 In the industrial management area, water supply, power supply, gas supply, heating, communication, cable television and other units shall charge relevant fees to the end users. The realty service enterprise shall not charge additional fees such as handling fees to the owners if it accepts the entrusted collection of money.