Who has the right to cut off water and electricity for residents?

Legal analysis: the water and power cuts in residential areas belong to the management of real estate administrative departments.

Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of New Urban Residential Quarters

Third real estate administrative departments responsible for the centralized management of community management; Municipal, greening, health, transportation, public security, water supply, gas supply, heating and other administrative departments and the local people's government of the residential area shall be responsible for supervising and guiding the relevant work of residential area management in accordance with the division of responsibilities.

Interim Measures for the charging of property management services in urban residential areas

Article 12 Property owners and users of residential quarters where property management is implemented shall pay property management service fees to the property management unit according to the charging items and standards approved by the price department. If the management service fees are not paid as required, the property management unit has the right to claim compensation according to the requirements of the signed service contract.

Thirteenth property management units and owners, property users on the charges of disputes, can be mediated by the price department.

Fourteenth property management units have been entrusted to implement property management in residential areas and collect public service fees accordingly, and other departments and units may not levy fees with the same nature and content again.