What are the state regulations on gas prohibit the initial installation fee?

The state has not stipulated the charging standard of the initial installation fee of natural gas, but only requires localities to break the monopoly and introduce market competition. In 2001, "the State Planning Commission, the Ministry of Finance jointly issued a notice on the comprehensive rectification of housing construction charges to cancel some of the charges" (Price [2001] No. 585), the document provides for the abolition of the duplication of charges with the urban infrastructure supporting fees for water, electricity, gas, heat, roads and other special supporting fees of various nomenclature. Unified after the merger of urban infrastructure support costs, by the provincial price, financial sector in recent years, according to the reform and adjustment of public utility prices, in accordance with the principle of strict control and gradual reduction of re-approved charges. Where not in accordance with the provisions of the approval authority to approve the collection of urban infrastructure support costs or other types of special support costs, as well as pricing fees [1996] 2922 issued after the promulgation of the document, the local people's governments at all levels or the relevant departments issued by the urban infrastructure support costs or other special support costs, are canceled. Provisions related to gas, did not say "cancel the natural gas installation fee", just canceled the "heating collection fee", and expressly mentioned the provincial price authorities should strengthen the "two pipes and three lines It also mentioned that provincial price authorities should strengthen the management of "two pipes and three lines" material fees, installation engineering fees and other related prices, and regulate the price behavior of monopoly enterprises. Each local combination of local conditions, to determine their own natural gas initial installation fee, such as Nanyang City, Henan Province, to determine the initial installation fee of 2570 yuan / household, Hunan Province, Changde City, Linli County, to determine the initial installation fee of 1860 yuan / household.