The utility will send monthly statements rather than bills showing over/under consumption from the utility.

Here is what the lease says: Tenant shall not be permitted to, and shall not permit any family, visiting friends, dependents, guests, licensees or invitees of Tenant to grow, produce, possess, consume, use, smoke, or ingest any marijuana, cannibas or any products or ingestibles containing marijuana or cannibas in any location in, on or about the Premises; the foregoing prohibition to be absolute and without exception and shall include any growing, production, possession, use or consumption pursuant to any medical use or medical prescription, or any medical, retail or recreational marijuana activities that may otherwise be permitted under any local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations now or hereafter in effect.

Many Residential RE agents don't get it - because for most people, real estate is a personal consumption purchase. 

Commodity prices will rise with demand, consumption and time. 

You commit to installing "green improvements" (LED lights, low flow showerheads/sinks/etc, energy efficient appliances, heat retentive windows, etc.) that lower the property's energy consumption by ~30% (15% of which needs to be attributed to electricity savings).

The Oil Field in front my beach house on a hill, has 200 years of National Oil and Natural Gas consumption.

When possible, you want your student tenants to be responsible for their utility and resource consumption.  

I would never deny somebody because of a misdemeanor, they could’ve had a minor consumption disorderly conduct years ago when they were in college or do you are you along time ago.

I'm not crazy about debt, but its seems the most sensible way to make things happen in real estate.I have to give Ramsey credit for helping us clean up our act and rein in our over-consumption.

Even if the meters were suddenly associated with the proper accounts, major changes in electric consumption for a given meter may raise a red flag at the utility (particularly if they look at bill that was $52/month and suddenly it drops to $8 and stays that way for couple months.