I wouldn't worry about the electric company much; as long as you pay their bills on time, they should be happy. It doesn't benefit them to report high useage to anyone, and it *does* benefit them not to report it. People with huge bills who pay them on time are exactly the kind of customer they want.

The main issue is...it's not your place. If other people rent in the same apartment, one of them falling asleep with a cig, or causing any type of disturbance (and the police get the apartment number wrong), that kind of shit, can screw your whole life over. You can spend a decade in prison entirely because of someone else's stupid fuckups, and you have virtually no control over that when you're renting.