Is it legal for property companies to overcharge electricity?

It is illegal for a property company to overcharge electricity. If it is found that it overcharges electricity, it can report complaints to the local power department.

According to Article 44 of the Property Management Regulations, water supply, power supply, gas supply, heating, communication, cable TV and other units shall charge relevant fees to the end users. The realty service enterprise shall not charge additional fees such as handling fees to the owners if it accepts the entrusted collection of money.

Forty-fifth of the property management area in violation of public security, environmental protection, property decoration and use of laws and regulations, property service enterprises should be stopped, and timely report to the relevant administrative departments. After receiving the report from the realty service enterprise, the relevant administrative department shall stop the illegal act or deal with it according to law.

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Article 43 of the Electricity Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * No unit may set the electricity price beyond the authority of electricity price management. Power supply enterprises shall not change the electricity price without authorization.

Forty-fourth prohibit any unit or individual from charging other fees in the electricity bill; However, if there are other provisions in laws and administrative regulations, those provisions shall prevail. Where a local fund-raising office collects additional electricity charges, the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall formulate measures in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State Council. Power supply enterprises are prohibited from charging other fees when collecting electricity charges.

Article 66 Whoever, in violation of the provisions of Articles 33, 43 and 44 of this Law, fails to collect electricity fees from users according to the electricity prices approved by the state and the records of electricity metering devices, sets the electricity prices beyond his authority or adds other fees to the electricity fees, shall be given a warning by the competent pricing department, ordered to return the fees illegally collected, and may be fined not more than five times the fees illegally collected; If the circumstances are serious, the relevant person in charge and the person directly responsible shall be given administrative sanctions.

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