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Power regulation

    (November 26, 2009, the State electricity regulatory Commission promulgated as of January 1, 2010, 27th) Chapter I General provisions

    The first in order to strengthen power supervision, standard power supply, maintaining market order and protect the legitimate rights and interests of users and public interest, regulated under the Electricity Ordinance and the relevant regulations of the State, these measures are formulated.

    Article state electricity regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the SERC) in accordance with these procedures and relevant regulations of the State, carrying out national electricity regulation and administrative law-enforcement functions.

    SERC Agency (hereinafter Agency) is responsible for monitoring the power supply within the jurisdiction and administrative law enforcement.

    Article III power supply supervision should be carried out according to law, and follow the principle of openness, fairness and efficiency. The fourth power supply power supply business enterprise shall engage in, and accept the SERC and its agencies (hereinafter referred to as the electricity regulatory agency) Regulation.

    Power supply enterprises operate in accordance with law, and their legitimate rights and interests protected by law.

    Power supply enterprises in these measures refers to the electric power business licenses, enterprises engaging in electricity.

    Fifth article of any units and individuals in power supply enterprise in violation of these regulations and national regulations of power supply has the right to complain to the regulators and to report, regulators should be dealt with according to law.

    Chapter contents

    Article sixth power regulator power supply for power supply companies we regulate.

    Power enterprises should strengthen the construction of power facilities, has to meet the power demand in the region's power supply, guarantee the normal operation of power facilities.

    Article seventh power regulator power supply for power supply enterprise quality supervision.

    In the electric power system under normal conditions, power quality of power supply enterprises shall comply with the following provisions:

    (A) to provide users of power quality national standards or industry standards;

    (B) annual rate of power supply reliability for urban areas is not less than 99%, urban residential step-down the voltage level is not lower than 95%, more than 10,000 volts power supply terminal voltage of not less than 98%; (C) rural areas power supply reliability rate and rural residential step-down the voltage to meet agency requirements.

    Agency for rural areas power supply reliability rate and rural residents prescribed step-down the voltage by the user, shall be submitted to the SERC for the record. Power supply enterprises shall examine the facility produced, impact load conditions, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State does not meet the requirements of electrical installations connected to the grid.

    Facility to produce harmonics, shock loads affect the quality or interfere with safe operation of the power system, power supply enterprises shall timely inform the user to take effective measures to eliminate; user measures are not taken or adopted ineffective measures to produce harmonics and shock loads are still exceeded the national standard of power supply enterprise in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State rejected its connected to the grid or to suspend power supply.

    Article eighth power regulators for setting voltage of power supply enterprise monitoring implementation of the regulation.

    Select voltage monitor power supply enterprises shall, in accordance with the following provisions:

    (A) the 35,000-volt green power users and more than 110,000-volt power users should set the voltage monitoring points;

    (B) the 35,000-volt non-dedicated power supply, or 66,000 volt power supply, 10 (6, 20) kV power supply, 10,000-kilowatt load selected is representative of the user setting the voltage monitoring more than 1 point, selected users should include important have high requirements for quality power substations and 10 (6, 20) kV Busbar the representative line of the end user;

    (C) low voltage power supply, each hundreds of distribution transformer selection is representative of the user setting the voltage monitoring more than 1 point, selected users should be an important power and low voltage distribution networks both ends of the first and the last user.

    Power supply enterprises shall set voltage before March 31 in each year the previous year submitted to the Agency of the location of the monitoring points. Power supply enterprises shall in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State selection, installation, calibration voltage monitoring device, voltage monitoring and statistics users.

    Monitoring data and statistical data should be timely, true and complete.

    Nineth power regulatory bodies for the purposes of safeguarding security of power supply for power supply enterprises to implement regulations.

    Power supply enterprises shall adhere to safety first, prevention first and comprehensive treatment approach, comply with laws, rules and regulations regarding supply security, strengthening the safety management of power supply, establish and improve the supply security system, improving safety conditions, maintaining power system safe and stable operation, disposed of emergency power supply to ensure stable and reliable supply of electricity.

    Power supply enterprises shall, in accordance with relevant State regulations to strengthen the important power safety management to guide major power users configure and use their own emergency power supply, established their own emergency power supply the underlying archive database. Power supply enterprises found the facility unsafe, shall inform the user to take effective measures to control. Users should be in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State removed the facility security risk.

    Power facilities have a serious threat to the safe operation of the power system and physical security risks, user refuses to governance, power supply companies may, in accordance with the relevant provisions on the suspension of power supply for the user.

    Article tenth power regulator power supply Enterprise power universal service obligations of the implementing regulation.

    Power supply enterprises shall, in accordance with the national provisions fulfil power universal service obligations, to protect people in accordance with the State access to the most basic services for a set price.

    11th electricity regulatory body conducts electricity business regulations of power supply enterprises.

    Term of the power supply Enterprise electrical business shall comply with the following provisions:

    (A) to provide users with the power of the term, from the date of accepting an application for users of electricity, residential users of 3 working days, other low-voltage power supply do not exceed 8 working days, high-voltage single-supply users not to exceed 20 working days, high voltage dual supply users does not exceed 45 days;

    (B) the electrical engineering design documents and relevant information to the user audit deadline, from the date of acceptance, low-voltage power supply do not exceed 8 working days, high voltage power supply does not exceed 20 working days;

    (C) the user intermediate electricity project starts the inspection deadline, from the date of receipt of the user application, low-voltage power supply of 3 working days, high-voltage power supply of 5 working days;

    (D) user project starts on completion of the term, since the completion of the electrical device from the user report and the date of the application for testing, low-voltage power supply of 5 working days, high voltage power supply does not exceed 7 working days;

    (E) to load the user table of terms, since the electrical appliance from the date of inspection and handle relevant procedures, residential users of 3 working days, other low-voltage power supply of 5 working days, high voltage power supply does not exceed 7 working days.

    The preceding paragraph (b) provides electrical engineering design, the user should follow the power supply scheme for power supply enterprises to determine.

    Article 12th power regulator power supply Enterprise electrical engineering services to the user implementation of the regulation.

    Power enterprise should on user by electric engineering construction provides necessary of business advisory and technology standard Advisory; on user by electric engineering for middle check and completed test, should implementation national about standard; found user by electric facilities exists fault hidden Shi, should timely one-time written told user and guide its be elimination; found user by electric facilities exists serious threat power system security run and personal security of hidden Shi, should guide its immediately elimination, in hidden elimination Qian shall not transmission.

    13th power regulator power supply enterprises to implement blackouts, brownouts or suspension of power supply for control. In the electric power system under normal conditions, continuous power supply enterprises shall supply to the user.

    Need to power failures or blackouts, shall comply with the following provisions:

    (A) facility maintenance needs power cut plan of power supply, power supply enterprises shall be announced ahead of 7th outage, power lines, power outages, time;

    (B) temporary repair needs power cut of power supply facilities, power supply enterprises shall be announced 24 hours in advance power outage, power lines, power outages;

    (C) fault occurs or the power supply causes power outages, brownouts, power supply enterprises shall in accordance with the approval of the local government ordered electricity schemes or emergency solutions implemented.

    After eliminating blackouts or power rationing caused by power supply enterprises should return to normal power supply as soon as possible.

    Suspension of power supply to users of power supply enterprises shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

    Power supply enterprises of important power users power outages, brownouts, suspended power restore power supply or, shall be executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

    14th power regulator power supply enterprises to deal with the power supply failure of regulation.

    Power supply enterprises should establish a sound system of repair services, open a repair call, keep the phone open, accepted 24 hour electricity malfunction. Power supply enterprises should promptly organize personnel to deal with problems in the supply system, restore normal power supply as soon as possible. Power supply enterprise staff arrived at the scene to repair the time limit from the time of receiving the call, city limits of no more than 60 minutes, 120 minutes or less in rural areas and in remote, inaccessible areas does not exceed 240 minutes.

    Due to weather, traffic and other special reasons unable to arrive at the scene within the specified time limits, should be explained to the user.

    15th power regulator power supply enterprises to fulfill their obligations in this emergency power supply regulation.

    When the emergency power supply for rescue and disaster relief, emergency, shall promptly provide the power supply for power supply enterprises.

    16th power regulator power supply enterprises to deal with regulation of electricity complaints. Power supply enterprises shall establish electricity complaint handling system, public complaints.

    Complaints against users, supply enterprises shall, within 10 working days of receiving the complaint put forward opinions and respond to users.

    Released power supply enterprises shall supply place setting service hotline and electricity regulatory complaint telephone logo, the logo should be fixed on the power place of prominent positions.

    Article 17th power regulator power supply enterprise's implementation of national electric power administrative licensing provisions of the implementing regulation.

    Power supply enterprises shall comply with the relevant national supply service areas, electricity supply business license, installation (repairing, testing) of electric power facilities and electric network operation license requirements.

    Article 18th power regulator power supply enterprises fair, non-discriminatory implementation of liberalization of the electricity market regulation.

    Power supply enterprises shall not engage in the following acts:

    (A) no legitimate reason to refuse applications for users of electricity;

    (B) the wholesale resale of purchased electricity meets the conditions set by the State's power transmission and distribution facilities, refuse or delay in access to the system;

    (C) violations of competition rules, damage the reputation of competitors through improper means or squeezing out competitors;

    (D) to the user specified by the project design, construction units and equipment and materials suppliers;

    (E) other acts contrary to fair competition provisions of the State.

    19th power regulator power supply enterprises implementing state-mandated pricing policies and pay regulatory standards.

    Power supply enterprises should strictly enforce the national pricing policy, approved in accordance with the State electricity price or market price, according to metrological verification institution approved electricity meters recorded, tariff charged to the account to the user.

    Power supply enterprises shall be drawn from the electricity price shall not alter the price, without the tariffs add or collection costs other than those set by national policies.

    Not independent of power supply enterprise project or custom charges; the State has explicitly banned the fees shall not be charged to the user. Users should be on the property of power supply Enterprise electrical equipment belonging to the user when the reimbursement for the services provided shall conform to Government pricing or Government guidance prices.

    No to Government pricing or Government guidance prices and reference prices determined in consultation.

    20th power regulator power supply power supply contract signed by the corporate sector supervision.

    Power supply enterprises shall, in accordance with relevant regulations of the State, following the principle of equality, free will, negotiated consensus and good faith, with resale customers, barges purchase units power supply contract signed, and power in accordance with the contract.

    Article 21st power regulator power supply enterprise cost rules of supervision of the implementation of national provisions.

    Power supply enterprises shall, in accordance with national provisions concerning cost accounting costs.

    22nd power regulator power supply enterprise information disclosure Regulation. Power supply enterprises shall, in accordance with the People's Republic of China Government information disclosure Bill, the electric power enterprise information disclosure regulations, makes it easy for users to obtain public service information.

    Power supply enterprises to public information shall be true, timely and complete.

    Power supply enterprises should be easy for users to query the following:

    (A) loading information and processing progress by telegraph;

    (B) power handling of complaints;

    (Iii) other information.

    Article 23rd power regulator power supply Enterprise submit information regulation. Power supply enterprises shall, in accordance with the electric power enterprise information submission to regulators of the provisions on the submission of information.

    Power supply enterprises submitted information shall be true, timely and complete.

    Article 24th power regulator power supply enterprise's implementation of national energy-saving emission reduction and environmental protection policy of the implementing regulation.

    Power supply enterprises shall reduce loss and waste of electricity transmission and supply. Power supply enterprises should strictly adhere to relevant government departments according to law to phase out business, shutting down enterprises or taken on environmental enterprises stop rationing decisions.

    Notification was received from the Government departments concerned have decided to resume the transmission, power supply companies may, without authorization of relevant government departments ordered rectification users restore power.

    The 25th power regulator to implementation the implementation of power demand side management of power supply enterprises supervision.

    Power supply enterprises shall, in accordance with national provisions on power demand side management, adopt effective measures to guide users to scientific, rational and economically and improve energy efficiency.

    Chapter III Regulation

    Article 26th power regulator according to the need of performing its supervisory duties may require power supply enterprises to submit regulatory documents related to the issues, information and order the power supply according to truthfully disclose the information prescribed by the State.

    Power regulator power supply enterprises should submit information and public information conduct supervision and inspection, found violations in time.

    27th power supply enterprises shall, in accordance with the electricity regulatory agency under and supervision information system integration related to regulatory information system.

    28th power regulatory authorities to perform their duties, you can take the following measures, conduct on-site inspection:

    (A) to check power supply enterprises;

    (B) ask for power supply enterprise staff, its description of the inspected items concerned;

    (C) inspect, copy and check documents and materials relating to the matter, may be transferred, concealed, destroyed documents and materials to be sealed; 

    (Iv) for violations found during the inspection, can be corrected on the spot or request correction within.

    Article 29th power regulator can be powered in the users to carry out survey on satisfaction surveys, such as the power supply, and publicize the findings.

    30th power power supply enterprises in violation of the relevant regulations, regulators should investigate and punish according to law and be recorded causing major losses or significant impact, power regulator can supply enterprise in charge and other direct liable persons shall be put forward opinions and suggestions.     

    31st power regulator power supply enterprises in violation of the relevant regulations harm the user's legal rights and interests and the public interests and their disposal can be announced to the public.

    Chapter fourth penalty

    Article 32nd electricity regulatory agency engaged in supervision personnel working in violation of the relevant provisions of the electricity regulatory, damage the lawful rights and interests of power supply enterprise, users and the public interest, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State accountable; shall bear disciplinary liability, shall be subject to punishment constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

    33rd power supply enterprises in violation of these regulations article sixth, unable to provide electricity services to users of its service territory and cause serious consequences, electricity regulators may change or revoke the electric power business licenses, other specified power supply for power supply enterprises.

    34th power supply enterprises in violation of the article seventh, eighth and Nineth and tenth, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 21st and 24th article, by electricity regulatory agency ordered corrective action and give a warning in serious cases, directly responsible in charge and other direct liable persons shall be given sanctions.

    35th power supply enterprises in violation of these regulations article 18th, by electricity regulatory agency ordered corrective action and refused to correct, fined a maximum of between 1 million Yuan and 100,000 yuan; directly responsible in charge and other direct liable persons shall be given sanctions in serious cases, electric power business licenses revoked.

    36th power supply enterprises in violation of the provisions of article 19th, regulators can be ordered to correct and recommended to the Department of administrative punishment.

    37th power supply enterprises, one of the following circumstances, the electricity regulatory agency ordered corrective action; it refuses, fines of between 50,000 yuan and 500,000 yuan to the direct responsible person in charge and other direct liable persons shall be given disciplinary action constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with law:

    (A) refuse or impede the power regulator and its personnel engaged in supervision to perform their supervisory duties;

    (B) providing false documents, information or concealing important facts;

    (C) is not in accordance with the relevant electrical regulations, rules require disclosure of information about Sen.

    38th for the dire consequences of a violation of these regulations and of the power supply enterprise managers or persons, regulators recommended that it be removed from current position, 3 years in power supply enterprise of similar positions.

    The fifth chapter supplementary articles

    39th referred to herein above, below, not less than, less than, and including the number itself. 40th these measures come into force on January 1, 2010. June 21, 2005 Regulatory Commission issued the electricity supply regulation (trial) be repealed simultaneously.