Following threats of a blackout earlier this month, 200 proprietors in Jian Wai SOHO have raised nearly 3 million yuan to pay their electricity bill.

The group has set up a bank account to collect fees from the owners in the east block of the estate. The first payment of 2 million yuan will be paid to the power supplier tomorrow, bypassing the property management company.

Zhang Mingwei, a resident in Jian Wai SOHO who helped organize the independent arrangement, said it would provide an alternative mode of payment for owners who did not trust the management company Pinnacle Realty Management International.