Grant Shapps has said he is keeping up the pressure on energy retailers over concerns that customers are being “forcibly” switched onto pre-payment meters. The energy secretary was pressed in Parliament on whether the government would heed calls to introduce a moratorium on the forcible installation of PPMs over the winter. Shapps made his comments following the tabling of an early day motion about involuntarily installation of PPMs, which expressed alarm at reports that nearly half a million warrants have been issued allowing energy firms to force entry since July 2021.
Shapps keeping ‘close eye’ on forced PPM switches
