To be fair, data retention is a hot topic right now in Europe, the pandemic and the increased screen time that resulted from it, the amount of accounts we had to create left and right require new regulations.
And real estate prices. Don't forget the insane real estate market.
The alternative is worse. Fire is hot. Water is wet.
In fact, for heating, this is already happening pretty much everywhere in Europe where households otherwise wouldn't be able to pay those bills.