Can tenants cut off the electricity without paying the utilities?

Legal analysis: Hello, usually the property has no right to cut off water and electricity. According to the "Regulations on Property Management in People's Republic of China (PRC)", if the owners fail to pay the property service fee within the time limit, the owners' committee shall urge them to pay it within a time limit; If it fails to pay within the time limit, the realty service enterprise may bring a lawsuit to the people's court. However, within the scope of property management, water supply, power supply, gas supply, heating, communication, cable TV and other units shall charge relevant fees to the end users. Therefore, both parties to the hydropower contract are suppliers and de facto owners. When the owner fails to pay the property fee, he can only urge to pay it through legal means, and has no right to stop water and power.

Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 707 Where the lease term is more than six months, it shall be in written form. Article 707 Where the parties fail to confirm in writing that the lease term exceeds six months, they shall do so in writing. If the parties fail to determine the lease term in writing, it shall be regarded as an indefinite lease. If the lease term is fixed, it shall be regarded as an indefinite lease.

Article 710 Where the lessee uses the lease item in accordance with the agreed method or the nature of the lease item, thereby causing losses to the lease item, it shall not be liable for compensation.

Article 715 The lessee may, with the consent of the lessor, improve or add the lease item. If the lessee improves or adds other things to the lease item without the consent of the lessor, the lessor may require the lessee to restore the original state or compensate for the losses.