The electricity saver is used legally. Is it stealing electricity? Or is it really legal to save electricity?

It is illegal to use electricity saver, which can't really save electricity for users. Users see less and less electricity consumption data, which seems to have the effect of energy saving, but in fact it is not energy saving, but stealing electricity, which has constituted a criminal offence.

Article 71 of the Electricity Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that whoever steals electricity 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.

Article 41 of the Regulations on the Supply and Use of Electric Power stipulates: "Whoever steals electricity in violation of the provisions of Article 31 of these regulations,

The administrative department of electric power shall order it to stop the illegal act, recover the electricity fee, and impose a fine of less than 5 times the electricity fee payable; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. "

Article 102 of the Power Supply Business Rules stipulates: "Power supply enterprises shall stop those who steal electricity and may deal with them as appropriate.

Power is suspended. Those who steal electricity should pay the electricity fee according to the amount of electricity stolen, and bear the penalty of three times the electricity fee. Refuse to accept

The power supply enterprise shall report the person responsible for stealing electricity to the administrative department of electric power for handling according to law. If the amount of stealing electricity is large or the circumstances are serious, the power supply enterprise shall submit it to the judicial organ for criminal responsibility according to law. "

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"Power saver" turned into a "stealing tiger";

It is reported that Mr. Xian bought an electronic power-saving appliance from the street in May. Unexpectedly, the "power-saving artifact" turned into a "tiger stealing electricity". According to the power supply personnel, this is just an ordinary capacitor, which can not save electricity at all, and can only play a slight voltage compensation role. After the capacitor is damaged by lightning, it will cause a lot of discharge, which will not only save electricity, but also become "tiger eating electricity".

Coincidentally, in February this year 17, Dongguan, Guangdong recovered stolen electricity and three times the default electricity fee through civil litigation, which also originated from energy-saving equipment. 20 1 1 At the end of the year, the local power supply department found that there was electricity stealing in the fruit and vegetable market, but Mr. Huang, the person in charge of the market, insisted that he did not know. Verified by the National Metrology and Testing Center, the electricity meter in this market has been artificially modified, resulting in that the displayed reading of the electricity meter is about 50% less than the actual electricity consumption.

Guangdong power supply experts said that some "energy-saving meters" on the market actually use a small resistor, which makes the electricity consumption displayed by the meter only half. Users see less and less electricity consumption data, which seems to have the effect of energy saving, but in fact it is not energy saving, but stealing electricity, which has constituted a criminal offence.

Reference source: People's Daily Online-"Power saver" turned into "stealing tiger", and electricity consumption increased by 9 times.