Legal basis: Article 66 of the Electricity Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) violates the provisions of Articles 33, 43 and 44 of this law, fails to collect electricity from users according to the electricity price approved by the state and the records of electricity metering devices, sets the electricity price beyond its authority, or adds other fees to the electricity fee, the competent price department shall give a warning, order it to return the illegally collected fees, and may concurrently impose a fine of less than five times the illegally collected fees; If the circumstances are serious, the relevant person in charge and the person directly responsible shall be given administrative sanctions.
Article 71 of the Electricity Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall be ordered by the administrative department of electric power to stop the illegal act, recover the electricity fee and impose a fine of less than five times the electricity fee payable; If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law.