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Much easier to just limit total electricity or water usage, at the meter.

"Comrade", if you source your own water and don't rely on "communism when it's convenient for me", water limits aren't a problem.

This seems extremely unlikely to me.

> Are you doing your part, comrade?

Your dig at communism doesn't make sense: This dystopia you describe is being actively built by capitalist companies operating within a market economy and encouraged by democratically elected governments.

The commies never gave up. They marched through the institutions and created de facto commissars within the corporate structure which are generally a part of HR. The commissars are called DEI and ESG now.

This is terrifying.