Justification de domicile

It seems that I have had to copy every single electricity bill I have received from the EDF company in order to prove that I reside at the address where I have lived now for over 3 years to various instances of government, to companies, employers, and other suspicious friends. It is actually a miracle that my name appears on the bill since the electricity is in my wife's name, and otherwise I would not have a single document that is generally accepted as a "justification de domicile". (I will spare you the workaround that one needs to apply if this is the case.) I guess we should be thankful that all these instances do not own a central database with information on our whereabouts and that they do not base themselves on citizenship for every single service that they provide but I can't help but think that there should be an easier way of handling my administration. I wouldn't mind if some information was exchanged between selected agencies, including for instance all municipal services. No, over and over again millions of people need to store their bill, and occassionally go make a single copy of the little form provided by a company of dubious repute to hand it to a town's clerk who files it in our dossier and puts a check mark next to our name. This annoying feature of everyday modern life is shared amongst many great nations. I challenge inventive administrators and tired citizens to come up with an equally (i.e. mildly) secure and less annoying alternative.