Over here (Netherlands), the right to electricity and gas was (and still is?) so strong that even squatters, once they properly established themselves, would get access to these services.

More specifically, they had to find their way into a year-plus abandoned property with no registered plan for the future (at the time of 'break-in'), make sure to have basic furniture (bed, table?), and then they'd be able to call whoever they needed to get gas and electric.

Leaving aside my opinions on squatting, I always felt it was a good thing that in our society, access to these fundamental things is so enshrined that it even applies to people breaking into a place and claiming it their own.