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Tieng Anh Vui
Tens of thousands of elderly customers face a rise in their energy bills, after one of the UK's biggest suppliers withdrew a tariff for the over 60s.
E.on has announced that it will scrap its StayWarm scheme, which offered fixed-price bills.
The firm blamed new rules which limit the number of tariffs that energy companies can offer.
The changes are part of the government's plans to cut bills, and have been backed by the Prime Minister.
They are being implemented by the regulator, Ofgem, and will limit the total number of tariffs to four per fuel.
"Due to new Ofgem rules, which includes limiting the number of tariffs we can offer, the StayWarm tariff will close as current contracts come to an end from October 7th," an E.on spokesperson said.
The customers concerned will be written to, and advised to switch to another tariff.
However, if they cannot be contacted, they will be automatically moved to the company's more expensive standard tariff.
Ofgem said E.on could have continued with the StayWarm tariff if it had wanted to.
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