Is the pipeline maintenance fee charged by the heating company legal?

I don't know if it's legal. In Harbin, it is 30%, which is called heat energy loss.

If the district provides heating by itself, all the maintenance in the heating is carried out by the property unit of the district. Generally speaking, whether the developer is responsible or the property is responsible depends on the specific property rights.

It depends on how this part of the courtyard pipe network is defined. Generally, in addition to paying the construction fee for the supporting facilities of the competent network, if the courtyard pipe network is commissioned by the heating company for design and construction, it is also necessary to pay the courtyard pipe network fee. Of course, how much depends on the design pipe network budget.

Your 35 yuan/_ is based on the budget. The total cost of courtyard pipe network in the community ÷ the total construction area of the community is the unit price that users need to pay. Now for heating companies, it is generally necessary to recover the cost of the pipe network, so the unit price per square meter is basically fixed. Even if it occasionally goes beyond the scope of the community, it can be explained that this part of the pipeline is within the scope of community needs.

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Regarding pipeline maintenance, it mainly depends on who owns the pipeline and who owns the pipeline, who should bear the maintenance responsibility. Article 29 of the Measures for the Administration of Heating in Shandong Province: "Property owners shall be responsible for the renewal, renovation, repair and maintenance of heating facilities. Users can entrust heating enterprises to update, transform, repair and maintain all their heating facilities. " In order to define the property rights of facilities more clearly, Article 31 of Qingdao Urban Heating Regulations stipulates: "The heating facilities from the heat source (factory, station) to the planned red line of the unit users to the valve outlet of the valve well in front of the residential users' building shall be managed and maintained by the heating unit. The heating facilities within the planning red line of the unit user shall be managed and maintained by the unit user; The heating facilities from the valve outlet of the valve well in front of the residential user's building to the indoor heating facilities shall be managed and maintained by the heating unit entrusted by the user. Among them, if the heating of residential users is measured by households, the meter shall be managed and maintained by the heating unit. " According to the above regulations, the heating pipes in the residential building where Mr. Li lives belong to the residents of the building where Mr. Li lives and should be maintained by the heating unit entrusted by the residents.

At present, all kinds of pipes in many residential areas are gradually aging, and problems often occur and need maintenance. However, due to the ownership of pipelines, there has been a situation of mutual shirking and failure to maintain them, which has affected the lives of residents. Therefore, it is best for residents in the community to handle the entrustment procedures in time and entrust the heating unit to manage and maintain.