After more than ten years of implementing household metering heating charges, why is it suddenly not working? Recently, residents of some communities such as Fun South County in Xi'an Have encountered such problems.
The owner is depressed: each household must install a temperature control meter otherwise charged by area
It's time to worry about the season for heating again, recently, a number of owners of the Colorful South County community reflected that the community from the beginning of the move-in, that is, the metering of the heating fee is divided into households, basically each household can refund some money after the end of heating. "My family is more than 140 square meters, last year I returned 1020 yuan, almost everyone can refund, calculate the winter 4 months heating cost is more than 2000 yuan." An owner said that although the flow meter should be inspected regularly, unloading the meter and loading the table to change the table is some trouble, but over the years the process has been very smooth, there are also properties and enthusiastic owners to help, the overall operation is very smooth.
However, the high-tech zone heat company that recently heated the district suddenly posted a notice requiring that each household must install a post-indoor temperature control meter in order to settle according to the household measurement method.
In the notice of the heat company in the high-tech zone, in addition to the description of the contract cost of the heating fee and the requirement that the heat meter is qualified, a new requirement has been added. The notice said that according to the provisions of the Ministry of Construction's "Technical Regulations for Heat Metering", "Measures for the Management of Heat Metering in Civil Buildings" and other relevant documents, in order to strengthen the management of user metering and standardize the use of heat by users, according to Article 6 of the Measures for the Administration of Heat Metering in Civil Buildings, new buildings and existing buildings undergoing energy-saving renovation must install heat metering devices, indoor temperature control devices and heating system regulations in accordance with relevant regulations, and implement a system of charging according to heat consumption. As well as the "Technical Regulations on Heat Metering", indoor heating systems in newly built and expanded residential buildings or public buildings dominated by radiators should be equipped with automatic temperature control valves for room temperature control.
The notice requires the property company to conduct self-inspection in accordance with relevant regulations, and heat metering users who have not met the specified conditions before September 15, 2021 will be charged heating fees according to the area in the 2021-202 heating season.
"The most incomprehensible thing is that the property company conveyed the explanation of the heat company, saying that as long as there is a building in the community that does not have a temperature control meter, this building cannot be metered and settled according to the household." One owner said, why can it be measured in separate households for more than ten years, but this year it will not be possible? These documents were not issued this year. Taking a step back, everyone understands the regulations of the heat company, and is willing to pay for the installation of the temperature control meter, the problem is that it cannot manage others, there are tenants here, which one is not installed, the whole building hundreds of households can not be measured separately, is this somewhat unreasonable?
"There are more than 4,800 households in the whole community, and if there are a few people who are unwilling to install temperature control watches, won't all the people in the community be affected?" Some owners said that according to the technical specifications provided by the heat company, the developer should be equipped with a temperature control table when delivering the house for acceptance, but now the developer has not given the installation, which is not the responsibility of the owner, and now the consequences should not be borne unilaterally by the owner. Whether the heat company can implement household metering for the owners of the temperature control meter, and the area that is not installed is charged according to the area, so it is fairer.
Heat company: the document provisions are very clear to ensure the quality of heating in order to standardize the use of heat
On September 1, the relevant person in charge of the Xi'an High-tech Zone Heat Company explained that the company is responsible for more than 300 users, and less than 10 are currently measured by household. This year, in order to standardize the user metering management and ensure the quality and effect of heat supply, each community is required to conduct a self-inspection of the metering regulations of the sub-household, and if it does not meet the requirements, it will be charged according to the area. At present, there are several communities such as Colorful South County and Rome Gyeongbok City that do not have temperature control meters indoors, and the heat company will do a good job of explaining the user.
According to reports, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued in June 2008 "on the printing and distribution of the "Civil Building Heat Metering Measures" notice, and then issued in 2009 "Heat Metering Technical Regulations", as well as the "Xi'an City to promote the reform of heat metering work implementation plan" issued in January 2012, there are clear requirements for the implementation of household metering conditions, requiring that heat metering devices, indoor temperature control devices and heating system regulation devices must be installed in accordance with regulations in order to implement the system of charging according to heat consumption.
Confusion: Why are there fewer and fewer communities in Xi'an
In recent years, there have been fewer and fewer districts in Xi'an that have implemented household metering for heat supply. Huashang Daily recently reported that the property of Xi'an Rongqiao Xinyuan Community hopes to be directly supplied to households, but the heat company has not responded to it for a long time. The property said that since 2015, the community has implemented two heating billing standards according to the requirements of the owner, that is, according to the area and according to the amount of consumption. In recent years, the number of households billed according to traffic has increased, resulting in an increase in the problem of general indoor temperature incoattention of owners billed by area in the community. Because according to the heat charge, the user can adjust or even close the indoor heat distribution valve, resulting in a decline in the heating temperature of adjacent users, the more households charge according to the heat in the same building, the lower the indoor temperature of the whole building, and the owners who pay according to the area are more and more dissatisfied. Especially in the last two heating periods, as more and more owners are billed according to the traffic, the property is sandwiched between the heat company and the owner.
In response to such problems, a heat industry insider in Xi'an said that the phenomenon of household metering in practice has a long history, and the reasons behind it are very complicated. The user closes the valve at any time, which may save costs for the user itself, but it may increase the expenditure for neighboring users, resulting in uneven temperature and causing neighborhood conflicts. In addition, there are fewer energy-saving buildings in Xi'an, and users save energy themselves, but the overall heat company cannot save energy. Because there is still a property in the middle, the property has its own interest requirements, plus the meter reading of the household meter and the inspection and reading of the meter, etc., which also increases the workload of the property.
Heat industry insiders said that the phenomenon of household metering in practice has a long history, and the reasons behind it are very complicated. The sub-household metering user can close the valve at any time, for the user itself, may save costs, but for adjacent users may increase the expenditure, resulting in temperature imbalance, causing neighborhood conflicts, but also increased the number of complaints from heat companies. In addition, there are fewer energy-saving buildings in Xi'an, and users save energy themselves, but the overall heat company cannot save energy. Because there is still a property in the middle, the property has its own interest requirements, plus the meter reading of the household meter and the inspection and reading of the meter, etc., which also increases the workload of the property. Industry insiders said that according to environmental protection requirements, at present, Xi'an heat companies have fully enabled natural gas heating, heating costs are high, serious losses, on the one hand, the government needs to consider timely rationalization of price relations, on the other hand, as soon as possible to introduce specific community direct management to household rules and regulations, to promote more communities can be directly managed by heat companies, cancel intermediate links, so that residents can effectively enjoy municipal heating benefits. Huashang Daily reporter Li Lin
Source: China Business Network - China Business Daily
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