Regulations of Luoyang Municipality on Central Heating

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the management of central heating (hereinafter referred to as heating), standardize the heating behavior, improve the quality of heating service, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of both heating and heating, protect the environment, save energy and improve people's livelihood, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations and combined with the actual situation of this Municipality. Article 2 Units and individuals engaged in heating planning, construction, operation, management, service and heat use activities within the administrative area of this Municipality shall abide by these regulations. Article 3 Heating shall follow the principles of overall planning, optimized allocation, energy conservation and environmental protection, standardized service, safety and convenience, and strengthened supervision. Fourth city and county (city) people's government heating administrative departments responsible for the supervision and management of heating within their respective administrative areas.

Development and reform, natural resources, planning, housing construction, finance, market supervision, ecological environment, emergency management and other relevant administrative departments shall, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, do a good job in the management of heat supply. Article 5 The municipal and county (city) people's governments shall incorporate the heating cause into the national economic and social development plan, strengthen the construction of heating infrastructure, enhance the heating guarantee capacity, increase the heating penetration rate and improve the urban ecological environment. Sixth to encourage, support and give priority to the use of clean energy and renewable energy to develop the heating industry, and promote the use of safe, efficient, energy-saving and environmentally friendly new heating technologies, new processes, new materials and new equipment. Seventh heating by the government, encourage and guide social capital to participate in the construction of heating facilities and professional operation. Chapter II Planning and Construction Article 8 The municipal, county (city) heating administrative department shall, jointly with the relevant administrative departments of development and reform, natural resources and planning, organize the preparation of special heating planning according to the overall planning of cities and towns, and report it to the heating administrative department at the next higher level for the record after being approved by the government at the same level.

No unit or individual may change the approved special heating plan without authorization. If it is really necessary to change, it shall be reported for approval and filing in accordance with the original procedures. Article 9 The preparation of special heating planning should reflect the requirements of overall planning of urban and rural areas, energy saving and emission reduction, scientific allocation of heat sources, and combination of short-term and long-term, and rationally arrange the layout of heating enterprises and pipe networks to adapt them to the scale of urban development. Tenth new construction, renovation and expansion of thermal production enterprises, heating pipe network and other heating projects shall conform to the special heating planning.

The department responsible for the examination and approval of construction projects shall solicit the opinions of the administrative department in charge of heating when reviewing the application for heating projects. Eleventh city and county (city) heating administrative departments shall, according to the special heating planning, formulate plans for the construction or renovation of new and old heating pipe networks, and implement them step by step.

Urban regional development and transformation of the old city should be in accordance with the special heating planning, supporting the construction of heating facilities or reserve land for heating facilities. The reserved land for heating facilities shall not be occupied or changed by any unit or individual without authorization. Twelfth city infrastructure supporting fees into the heating pipe network construction funds, earmarked for heating pipe network construction. Thirteenth heating engineering survey, design, construction, supervision, should be undertaken by units with corresponding qualifications, and the implementation of national and provincial relevant technical standards and norms. Fourteenth new residential heating special planning area, heating system control device, household heat metering device and indoor temperature control device shall be installed.

City, county (city) people's governments shall gradually build and transform existing houses in accordance with the plan to meet the requirements of household heating metering or direct supply and direct management to households.

Household heat metering devices shall be verified according to law. Fifteenth new construction, renovation and expansion of buildings (structures) that need heating shall be installed, constructed and debugged in accordance with the design requirements. After the completion of the construction of heating facilities, the construction unit shall organize the completion acceptance according to law, and notify the administrative department in charge of heating, hot business enterprises and relevant experts to participate in the acceptance, and the administrative department in charge of heating and hot business enterprises shall not refuse. Without acceptance or unqualified acceptance, it shall not be delivered for use.

After the overall completion and acceptance of the construction project, the construction unit shall hand over the heating facilities and related materials to the heating business enterprise within fifteen working days. If the heating facilities are within the warranty period, the construction unit shall perform the warranty obligations. If the warranty period exceeds, the heating enterprise shall be responsible for the maintenance and operation management of the heating facilities, and the related expenses shall be borne by the heating enterprise and may be included in the operating cost. After receiving the relevant information of heating facilities, the heat management enterprise shall submit it to the heating administrative department for the record within fifteen working days. Chapter III Heating and Utilization of Heat Article 16 The integrated management system of heating pipe network, heating stations and heat users shall be implemented for heating, and heat management enterprises shall directly supply heat to households.

Heating management facilities such as heat exchange stations in residential quarters managed by property service enterprises and other units shall be gradually transformed and handed over according to law, and the heating management enterprises shall be responsible for unified management and grid-connected operation. The specific measures shall be formulated by the municipal and county (city) people's governments. Article 17 A heating production enterprise shall sign a heating contract with a heating operation enterprise, mainly including: heat load, heating parameters, heating price standard, cost settlement, liability for breach of contract and other matters.

A heat management enterprise shall sign a heating contract with a heat user, which mainly includes: heating metering method, heating start and end time, room temperature determination standard, heating price standard, payment time, settlement method, maintenance responsibility of heating facilities, liability for breach of contract and other matters agreed by the parties.

The demonstration text of heating contract shall be supervised by the municipal heating administrative department in conjunction with the municipal market supervision and management department.