I get one every month from the power company but it shows "similar homes in your neighborhood", not names or addresses. I used to get a little alarmed to be in the middle until I reasoned that in the summer I have a pool filter going besides the a/c, attic fan and dehumidifier, and in the winter I do not have an oil or gas bill (electric heat).
Now I take it that I am doing pretty good and toss it.
I get one every month from the power company but it shows “similar homes in your neighborhood”, not names or addresses. I used to get a little alarmed to be in the middle until I reasoned that in the summer I have a pool filter going besides the a/c, attic fan and dehumidifier, and in the winter I do not have an oil or gas bill (electric heat).
Now I take it that I am doing pretty good and toss it.
From a mental health point of view your way is most likely the best way to handle the “shaming” tactics now apparently being used by some power companies and political campaigns. I will tell you however that our local power company stopped their campaign after getting many very nasty responses like mine. My guess is that outrage expressed over this from the Cruz campaign might prevent them from pulling this kind of stunt in other states.
So if you want to just live your life in the least stressful way then just continue ignoring this type of thing. But when many people express their outrage it sometimes causes entities to drop the Orwellian Big Brother crap that the people who are too smart by half sometimes come up with.