Getting calls from utlity companies before signing anything

I'm currently in the process of apartment hunting and I went to Able and applied for one. But the last message the agent sent me was that the screening process has begun and he will let me know the result when it comes out. But I have been getting calls from gas/electricity and internet companies asking when I want to start the services. But so far the only thing I did was the application, and I keep telling them the agent hasn't given me the screening result yet, and they kinda understand and end the calls, but they call back every other day to check with me. Is this normal?

Also, I don't want to sign for this apartment because when I talked to Able people, I didnt know what I was doing and the agent kinda ushered me into applying, and since then I found better options. Is there gonna be any negative impact on my apartment search if I passed the screening but dont take the apartment?

I tried posting this in r/japanlife but it got deleted by reddit'f filter whatever that means