Is it reasonable for property companies to collect public energy?

It is reasonable for property companies to charge public energy fees. Property management companies can charge public energy consumption. The Price Bureau responded that according to the Measures for the Administration of Property Service Charges, property service charges include property service fees, car parking fees, special service fees and agency service fees. Among them, the property service fee refers to the fee charged by the property service company to the owners or property users for providing basic property services of a public nature according to the property service contract, that is, the property fee mentioned by the owners. Public energy consumption belongs to the scope of property management. The property service company is responsible for collecting and remitting the operating electricity charges of elevators, pumps, central air conditioners, central heating, monitoring rooms and other facilities and equipment, as well as public lighting, public water and other expenses, which are under the agency service fee. The staff of the Price Bureau stressed that the property management company can charge agency service fees such as public and miscellaneous fees, but it needs to be accounted for separately, legally shared and publicized to the owners. Because the specific energy consumption of each building is different and the area shared by the owners is different, the public energy consumption that the owners need to pay is also different.

legal ground

Notice of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Construction on Printing and Distributing the Measures for the Administration of Property Service Charges Article 2 The term "property service charges" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the fees charged by property management enterprises to the owners for the maintenance, conservation and management of houses, supporting facilities and related sites, and for maintaining the environmental sanitation and order in relevant areas.