Regulations on the Protection of Power Facilities (2011Resived)

Regulations on the Protection of Power Facilities (2011Resived) Regulations on the Protection of Power Facilities (Promulgated by the State Council on September 15, 1987, revised for the first time according to the Decision of the State Council on Amending the Regulations on the Protection of Power Facilities on January 7, 1998, and revised for the second time according to the Decision of the State Council on Abolishing and Amending Some Administrative Regulations by the Order No.588 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on January 8, 2011) Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 This set of regulations is formulated with a view to ensuring the smooth-going of power production and construction and a sure protection to public security. Article 2 The regulations are eligible to be applied to all power facilities including power generating equipment, power transforming equipment and power transmission lines and their related ancillary equipment (the same below). Article 3 Power facilities shall be protected by concerted efforts of power administrative departments, public security organs, power enterprises and the common people. Article 4 Power facilities are protected by law from any harm brought about by units or individuals whatsoever. Any unit or individual is obliged to protect power facilities and has the right to stop or report to power administrative departments or public security organs acts that threaten or sabotage power facilities. Power enterprises should strengthen the protection of power facilities. Proper measures should be adopted to stop acts that jeopardize power facilities. Article 5 The power administrative department under the State Council shall exercise supervision, examination, guidance and coordination with regard to the protection of power facilities. Article 6 The functions and responsibilities of protecting power facilities exercised by power administrative departments at and above the county level are: 1. To supervise and examine the implementation of this set of regulations and detailed rules formulated in compliance with this set of regulations. 2. To publicize and promote works of power facilities protection. 3. To set up power line protection organizations in cooperation with related departments and units along the power transmission lines and improve the responsibility system for the protection. 4. To be responsible for the safety and protection of the power facilities within their jurisdiction areas in cooperation with local public security departments. Article 7 Public security organs at all levels are responsible for uncovering and punishing acts and cases that sabotage power facilities or mob-rob or steal power facilities and supplies. Chapter II Scope of Power Facilities and Protection Zones to Be Protected Article 8 Protection should be effected to the following power facilities and power transforming equipment: 1. Facilities inside power plants, power transformation stations, current exchange stations and switching stations. 2. All kinds of special pipes and conduits (ditches), ash storage sites, wells, pumping stations, water cooling towers, oil depots, dikes and dams, railways, roads, bridges, docks, fuel loading and unloading equipment, lightening arresters, fire-fighting equipment and other related ancillary equipment outside power plants and power transformation stations. 3. Reservoirs, dams, water inlet, water diversion tunnels (including branch tunnels, water diversion canals, voltage adjustment wells (towers), open-air high-voltage conduits, premises, water discharge canals, communications facilities between premises and dams and other related ancillary equipment used by hydropower stations. Article 9 Scope of power transmission lines and facilities to be protected: 1. Overhead power lines: poles and towers, basements, wires, grounding devices, conducting wires, lightening arresting wires, metal tools, insulators, pole or tower climbing ladders and foot-grapnels, cross-navigation channel wire protection facilities, line patrol (protection) stations, patrol and overhaul special roads, ships and bridges, marks and other related ancillary equipment. 2. Power cable lines: overhead, underground and underwater power cables and cable connection devices, cable conduits, cable tunnels, cable ditches, cable bridges, cable wells, lids, man-holes, stone mark, water mark plates and other related ancillary equipment. 3. Transformers, capacitors, resistors, circuit breakers, isolation switches, lightening arresters, mutual inductors, fuses, measuring instruments and meters, power distribution rooms, box-type sub-stations and other related ancillary equipment on the power lines. 4. Power dispatch facilities: power dispatching stations, power dispatch communications facilities, power grid dispatch automatic devices and power grid operation control facilities. Article 10 Power line ......