Electric Power Law of the People's Republic of China
Electric Power Law of the People's Republic of China
Electric Power Law of the People's Republic of China
Order of the President No. 60
December 28, 1995
The Electric Power Law of the People's Republic of China, adopted at the 17th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on December 28, 1995, is promulgated now, and shall enter into force as of April 1, 1996.
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Construction of Electric Power
Chapter III Production of Electric Power and Management of Power Networks
Chapter IV Supply and Utilization of Electric Power
Chapter V Electricity Price and Electricity Fee
Chapter VI Rural Electric Power Construction and Agriculture
Chapter VII Protection of Electric Facilities
Chapter VIII Supervision and Inspection
Chapter IX Legal Responsibility
Chapter X Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 This Law is formulated for the purposes of guaranteeing and promoting the development of the electric power industry, safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of investors, operators and users of electric power and guaranteeing the safe operation of electric power.
Article 2 This Law applies to the construction, production, supply, and utilization in relation to electric power within the territory of the People's Republic of China.
Article 3 The electric power industry shall satisfy the needs of the national economy and social development, and shall develop slightly ahead of the actual needs. The state encourages and guides economic organizations or individuals from home or abroad to invest according to law in the development of electric sources and the establishment of power-producing enterprises.
The investment in the electric power industry shall be in conformity to the principle of "whoever invests will benefit therefrom".
Article 4 Electric facilities shall be under the protection of the state.
Any unit or person shall be forbidden to endanger the electric facilities or illegally appropriate or use electric energy.
Article 5 The construction, production, supply, and utilization in relation to electric power shall abide by the principles of protecting the environment according to law, adopting new technology, decreasing the discharge of harmful substances, and preventing pollution and other public hazards.
The state encourages and supports the use of renewable and clean energy resources for electricity generation.
Article 6 The administrative department of electric power under the State Council shall be responsible for the supervision and control of the electric power industry in the whole country. The departments concerned under the State Council shall be responsible for the supervision and control of the electric power industry within their own limits of authorities.
The competent comprehensive administrative department of economy under the local people's government at county level or above is the administrative department of electric power within its own administrative region, and shall be responsible for the supervision and control of the electric power industry. The departments concerned under the local people's government at county level or above shall be responsible for the supervision and control of electric power industry within their own limits of authorities.
Article 7 Enterprises engaged in the electric power construction, electric power production or electric network operation shall operate independently and be responsible for their own profits and losses according to law, and shall subject themselves to the supervision of the administrative departments of electric power.
Article 8 The state assists and supports minority nationality regions, remote border areas, and poverty-stricken areas to develop their electric power industries.
Article 9 The state encourages the adoption of advanced science and technology and management methods in the construction, production, supply, and utilization in relation to electric power, and shall give awards to those units and persons that achieve remarkable successes in such respects as research, development, and adoption of advanced science and technology and management methods.
Chapter II Construction of Electric Power
Article 10 The planning for electric power development shall be drawn up according to the requirements of the national economy and social development, and shall be incorporated into the national economic and social development plan.
The planning for electric power development shall reflect the principles of rational use of energy resources, coordinated development of electric sources and electric networks, improvement of economic results, and being conducive to environmental protection.
Article 11 The planning for the construction and rebuilding of urban electric networks shall be incorporated into the overall urban planning. People's governments of cities shall, in accordance with the planning, arrange the land for current transformation facilities, transmission line corridors, and electric cable channels.
No unit or person may illegally occupy the land for current transformation facilities, transmission line corridors, or electric cable channels.
Article 12 The state supports and promotes electric power construction by formulating relevant policies.
Local people's governments shall, in accordance with the planning for electric power development and in the light of their local conditions, take various measures to develop electric sources and promote electric power construction.
Article 13 Investors in the electric power shall enjoy statutory rights and interests on electric power produced from their investment. Where the electric power thus produced is hooked up with the electric network, the investor shall have the priority in utilization; where a self-supply power plant is not hooked up with the electric network, the investor shall have the authority over its control and use on his own.
Article 14 An electric power construction project shall be in conformity to the planning for electric power development as well as the state policy on the electric power industry.
No electric equipment or technology declared expressly by the state to be eliminated may be used for any electric power construction project.
Article 15 Such auxiliary projects for electric networks as transmission and transformation projects, automatic dispatch and communication projects, as well as environmental protection projects shall be designed, constructed, checked and accepted, and put into operation together with the electricity-generating projects.
Article 16 The use of land for electric power construction projects shall be handled in accordance with relevant laws and administrative regulations. Where the land is requisitioned according to law, land compensation and settlement subsidies shall be paid therefor according to law, and the residents concerned shall be well relocated and resettled.
Electric power construction shall be in conformity to the principles of giving practical protection to cultivated land and economizing on land.
Local people's governments shall give support and assistance to the electric power industry in using land and relocating the residents concerned according to law.
Article 17 Local people's governments shall give support to electric power enterprises in prospecting water sources, drawing and using water according to law for the electricity-generating projects.
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