They only need to see your gas usage or electricity usage or they can have a device that allows the government to control it. In California you can install a device that allows the energy company to shut down power and such to your AC in lieu of a cheaper energy rate. The device turns a certain color on when it is activated which I don't think people had to worry about until this year when we were hit with 108 heat and our grid almost failed.
I'm not sure we have those devices in Europe, yet (but I don't know for certain). Going by the usage alone is going to be claim against claim and the only way for them to prove it is by having someone visit you to check the temperature...
Power companies in America have also used excessive electricity to report home owners to the police that they might be growing marijuana in their home in the past
Does that mean you have to let Authority inside your home to check your thermostats?
We really live in crazy times...
They only need to see your gas usage or electricity usage or they can have a device that allows the government to control it. In California you can install a device that allows the energy company to shut down power and such to your AC in lieu of a cheaper energy rate. The device turns a certain color on when it is activated which I don't think people had to worry about until this year when we were hit with 108 heat and our grid almost failed.
I'm not sure we have those devices in Europe, yet (but I don't know for certain). Going by the usage alone is going to be claim against claim and the only way for them to prove it is by having someone visit you to check the temperature...
Power companies in America have also used excessive electricity to report home owners to the police that they might be growing marijuana in their home in the past
That's an insane "power grab" (pun intended), but we are talking Italy, not the US...
And infrared pictures of their roofs...