Can the property company open a gas account in the name of the gas company to collect the installation fee?

Because you didn't provide the names of the community and the property management company, you can only give a general answer.

The cost of opening a gas account actually includes two aspects:

1. First, the comprehensive supporting fee for urban infrastructure has been included in many government documents. This part of the cost has been included in the house price and paid by the developer. It should not be levied on the owners, but this part of the cost is only used for the gas company to connect the gas pipeline to the "red line" of the community.

2. the cost of entering the home through the red line can be called installation fee. At present, the government has no guiding documents, and the purchase contract signed by the owner and the developer shall prevail.

The Notice on Comprehensively Rectifying Housing Construction Fees and Cancelling Some Fees clearly stipulates that the central heating fee and pipeline gas engineering fee (including the part charged by real estate developers to buyers) will be stopped, but the installation fee in the community is not clear.

Therefore, it is reasonable and legal to ask the owners to pay the so-called "gas account opening fee", which cannot be generalized and should be based on the purchase contract. Of course, no matter what kind of fees are charged, the charging basis and invoice must be provided, and the owner can ask the property at the same time. If there is no invoice, you should pay attention to it and be careful of fraud.

For the same problem, I suggest you download a neighbor's help and see how the neighbors in the same community deal with this kind of problem. If there is a problem, it is better for everyone to collect evidence collectively, which will be more effective.

Please adopt!