China Power Supply Regulations PDF

```markdown ## Order of the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China No. 14 The "Supply and Sale Regulations" has been reviewed and approved at the 9th Committee Meeting on February 5, 2024 and is hereby promulgated and shall take effect on June 1, 2024. Direct...

```markdown ## Order of the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China No. 14 The "Supply and Sale Regulations" has been reviewed and approved at the 9th Committee Meeting on February 5, 2024 and is hereby promulgated and shall take effect on June 1, 2024. Director: Zheng Shanjie February 8, 2024 -1 # Supply and Sale Regulations ## Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the "Regulations on Power Supply and Use" and relevant national regulations in order to strengthen the management of power supply operations, establish a normal order of power supply operations, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of both supply and use parties. Article 2 Power supply enterprises and users shall comply with the provisions of these Regulations in power supply and use activities. Article 3 Power supply enterprises and users shall abide by relevant national regulations and obey the unified dispatch of the power grid. Article 4 Power supply enterprises shall provide power supply services to users without discrimination and fulfill corresponding service responsibilities in accordance with the requirements of power system reform and power market trading rules. Article 5 Power supply enterprises shall voluntarily disclose relevant policy systems, service standards, complaint or supervision channels and other information related to power supply and use in accordance with relevant national information disclosure regulations. These Regulations shall be made public through the power supply enterprises' power supply business premises and various online service channels for users to consult. ## Chapter 2 Power Supply Methods Article 6 The rated frequency of power supply provided by power supply enterprises is AC 50 Hz. Article 7 The rated voltage of power supply provided by power supply enterprises: (1) Low-voltage power supply: single-phase is 220 volts, three-phase three-wire is 380 volts, three-phase four -2- wire is 380/220 volts; (2) High-voltage power supply: 10 (6, 20), 35, 110 (66), 220 (330) kV. When the voltage level required by users is not within the above range, they shall take transformation measures themselves to solve the problem. When the voltage level required by users is above 110 kV, their power receiving device shall be designed as a terminal substation. Article 8 The power supply method provided by power supply enterprises to users applying for electricity shall be based on the safety, economy, rationality, and ease of operation and maintenance of power supply and use, in accordance with relevant national policies, power grid planning, power consumption needs, and local power supply conditions, and technical and economic comparisons shall be conducted to reach an agreement with users through consultation. For power supply facilities invested and constructed by local governments, the power supply enterprise shall negotiate with the local government on the power supply method. Article 9 Users with a total single-phase power equipment capacity of 12 kW or less may use low-voltage 220 volt power. Article 10 Users with a total power equipment capacity of 160 kW or less could apply low-voltage three-phase power supply, special circumstances when high-pressure power can also be utilized. Article 11 In accordance with national policy requirements, users close to power plants may use the direct power supply method from the power plant, but the plant's own power supply or substation (station) station power supply shall not be used for user power supply. Article 12 Power supply enterprises shall provide power supply sources in accordance with national -3- and industry standards based on the user's importance level and load characteristics. Users shall configure self-provided emergency power supplies in accordance with national and industry standards, and take non-electrical emergency safety protection measures. Article 13 The power supply method for newly built residential areas shall comply with relevant national policy requirements and technical standards. The power supply facilities for residential housing in newly built residential areas shall be constructed in accordance with the one-household-one-meter standard. Fixed parking spaces in newly built residential areas shall be constructed with charging infrastructure or reserved installation conditions in accordance with regulations to meet the requirements for direct meter connection and power supply. The electricity consumption for residents' own charging piles shall be configured in accordance with relevant national policy requirements and technical standards. Article 14 Temporary power supply may be provided for non-permanent electricity use such as construction sites, farmland water conservancy, and municipal construction. The temporary electricity use period shall generally not exceed three years. If an extension is required, an application shall be submitted to the power supply enterprise before the expiration date; if the extension is not applied for or permanent formal electricity use procedures are not completed before the expiration date, the power supply enterprise shall terminate the power supply. Users using temporary power shall not transfer the power to others or change the type of electricity use without permission. The power supply enterprise shall not accept changes in business other than changes in name, transfer, cancellation, change of payment method, or contact information. Temporary electricity use shall not be used as formal electricity use. If it needs to be changed to formal electricity use, it shall be handled as a new installation of electricity use. When emergency power supply is required due to unexpected events, the power supply enterprise shall quickly organize forces to erect temporary power supply. The engineering costs and payable electricity fees required for the erection of temporary power supply shall be borne by the relevant departments of the local people's government. Article 15 Power supply enterprises generally do not adopt the wholesale method of power supply. -4- In special circumstances, when wholesale power supply is required, it shall be approved by the provincial-level electricity management department. When a wholesale resale power supply unit needs to newly install or increase the wholesale purchase capacity, it shall go through new installation of the power supply and capacity increase, as well as complete the necessary procedure in accordance with these Regulations. Article 16 Users shall not transfer power by themselves. In areas where public power supply facilities have not yet arrived, power supply enterprises may adopt the method of entrusting nearby users with power supply capabilities to transfer power to their nearby users with the consent of the direct power supply users in the area, but important national defense and military industrial users shall not be entrusted with power transfer. Entrusted power transfer shall comply with the following provisions: (1) The power supply enterprise and the entrusted power transfer user (referred to as the transferor) shall sign an agreement on the scope of the transfer, transfer capacity, transfer period, transfer fee, metering method, electricity fee calculation method, construction of transfer power supply facilities, property rights division, operation and maintenance, dispatching communication, liability for breach of contract and other matters; (2) Users within the transferred area (referred to as the transferred users) shall be regarded as direct supply users of the power supply enterprise, enjoy the same power use rights as direct supply users, and all power use matters shall be handled in accordance with the regulations for direct supply users; (3) The public line loss and transformer loss electricity for power supply to the transferred users shall be borne by the power supply enterprise and shall not be included in the transferred users' electricity consumption; (4) When calculating the transferred user's electricity consumption, maximum demand, and power factor adjustment electricity fee, -5- the active and reactive power consumed by the transferred users and public lines and transformers shall be deducted. The maximum demand shall be converted according to the following regulations: 1. Lighting and one-shift system: monthly electricity consumption of 180 kWh, converted to 1 kW; 2. Two-shift system: monthly electricity consumption of 360 kWh, converted to 1 kW; 3. Three-shift system: monthly electricity consumption of 540 kWh, converted to 1 kW; 4. Agricultural electricity: monthly electricity consumption of 270 kWh, converted to 1 kW. (5) The entrusted expenses shall be determined through negotiation between the two parties based on the number of entrusted business items. Article 17 Non-power grid power supply entities shall implement the government-stipulated electricity price policy for end users with metering conditions and shall not charge any operating and maintenance fees for property public areas, shared facilities, and supporting facilities in the end user's electricity bills. The non-power grid power supply referred to in this article refers to the situation where a non-power grid power supply entity applies to the power supply enterprise for overall installation of power distribution facilities within the electricity use address and establishes a power supply relationship, and then supplies power to internal end users through its internal power distribution facilities in areas where public power supply facilities have arrived. Article 18 Users shall separate power distribution for important loads and non-important loads, and for production electricity and living area electricity. Users installing or increasing electricity shall determine the internal power distribution method in accordance with the above regulations, and users who have not yet met the above requirements shall gradually renovate their facilities. ## Chapter 3 New Installation, Capacity Increase, and Change of Electricity Use Article 19 Any unit or individual requiring new installation of electricity or increasing electricity capacity (referred to as -6- Capacity Increase) or change of electricity use shall submit an application through the power supply enterprise's power supply business premises or online service channels in accordance with these Regulations and complete the procedures. Power supply enterprises shall publicize the procedures, systems, and charging standards for handling various electricity use businesses at their power supply business premises and various online service channels. Article 20 The power supply business organizations of power supply enterprises shall uniformly handle new installation and capacity increase electricity use for users, including business acceptance, power supply scheme reply, design review, intermediate inspection, completion inspection, meter installation and connection, and other links. Article 21 When applying for new installation or capacity increase, users shall provide the following application materials to the power supply enterprise: (1) Low-voltage users shall provide valid identity documents of the electricity user and property ownership certificates of the electricity use address. Residents' own charging piles shall provide relevant materials in accordance with national regulations; (2) High-voltage users shall provide valid identity documents of the electricity user, property ownership certificates of the electricity use address, approval documents for electricity engineering projects, and a list of power equipment. If there are other national policies, they shall be implemented in accordance with relevant regulations. If the power supply enterprise still has insufficient power supply capacity or government-stipulated restricted electricity consumption projects after adopting transfer load or diversion transformation methods, the power supply enterprise may notify users to postpone the application. Article 22 Power supply enterprises shall determine the power supply scheme as soon as possible for accepted electricity use applications and formally notify users in writing within the following time limits: Low-voltage users shall not exceed three working days, high-voltage single-power users shall not exceed ten working days, and high-voltage dual-power users shall not exceed twenty working days. If the power supply scheme cannot be determined on schedule, the power supply enterprise shall explain the reasons to the users. -7- If there are different opinions on the power supply scheme replied by the power supply enterprise to the supply of the supply, it should be submitted within one month, and both parties may negotiate again to determine it. Article 23 The validity period of high -voltage power supply solutions is one year, and the validity period of low -voltage power supply solutions is three months. Article 24 Some changes to power use: (1) Stop using some or all of the power capacity of the power receiving facility (referred to as capacity reduction); (2) Temporarily replace other capacity transformers (referred to as temporary replacement); (3) Relocation of power receiving facilities (referred to as relocation); (4) moving the installation position of the electricity measuring device -(8- ## Chapter 4 Construction and Maintenance Article 40 User's power receiving facilities should be in line with city or rural electricity grid planning and reconstruction plans. Article 41 Design and installation of electricity receiving projects by user should meet national standards. If not, it should meet all energy sector standards Article 42 New residential electricity facilities should be done in accordance with all National requirements -(A) High rise residential should have dual electric power supply. Unless there is a dual power supply, it also should have assistance to the power supply. -15 (II) New residential areas should plan for their electricity positions -15- Article 43 This article is about the requirements for supplying high voltage electricity to the user. -User electrical distribution diagram -Load composition -Equiptment lists -List for equipment affecting electrical quality Lower voltage power requires no related info. Article 44 Supply companies review the application to be up to national standard If the company finds that there is something that needs to be refined, said company will communicate it to the user Article 45 Reactive power should be balanced in place. -The user side needs to take responsibility for their natural power. -17- If the user is not able to achieve natural power said company may stop providing service to said consumer. Article 46 The article talks about the safety inspection of electricity -18- Article 47 User will take to send out the completion notice. -What units were used -Drawings -Equipment inspection -Report on safety ## Chapter 5 Electric Supply Quality Article 55 Company should enhance the quality of the electric supply -21- Article 56 talks about the percentage of safety -22- Article57 talks about the percentage of safety when low voltage in a company -22- ## Chapter 6 talks about the collection of electricity Art61 talks about that to improve the power by making power test. -27- Article 78 Residential should have separate table. Article 83. If electrical is not correct said companies take it correct. Article 84. Electric bill should be followed. -30- Article 85. Remote bills can be collected -30- Article 89. For limited electricity the company makes collect electricity fee earlier -32- Article 90. Power cannot be supplied unless payment is guaranteed. Article 91. Without permit cannot establish electricity supply business. -32- Article 94. Customer will provide electricity contract Article 95. Electric contract can be an electronic. -33- ## Responsibility Law Article 97. If an accident of the power, company will compensate. -34- Article 98. This article talks what if the customers' electric pressure is not suitable. Article 99.If the supplier is negligent he should do what. -35-