Intrusive, Intrusive, Intrusive. They do this and then they will be sending out notices like the electric company does to tell me how much electricity I am consuming or saving compared to my neighbors. Those notices annoy the h-ll out of me, what a waste of time and money. I use and pay for what I need to use, which may be more then some and less then others. In regards to driving I do the same. We seldom go out just for a drive any more. And back when we would go out for just a drive, most of the time we had a destination in mind. It could have been going to the ice cream stand that is a half hour drive rather then the one that is less then 5 minutes down the street. Or instead of going to the coffee shop down the street, we would drive to the one down near the beach to enjoy a cup of coffee while sitting near the ocean. We haven’t done those kind of things in a long time because we don’t want to waste the gas. I miss those rides, but for my own financial benefit I save fuel by not driving unnecessarily. I don’t need the government to track my mileage or my energy consumption nor do I need them to compare and judge my usage of that which is necessary to exist.
In Houston the electric company is outfitting every house so they can cut your voltage at will, sandbag your a/c and lights so they can "save electricity" ..... your electric bill, however, will not be "tuned" to compensate. You pay full freight, always. It's a principle, you see.