2009

23/12/2009 10:28:36

SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) has entered into an agreement with DONG Energy to acquire a 25.1% stake in the 367MW (megawatt) Walney offshore wind farm which is being built 14km west of the Isle of Walney in the Irish Sea. DONG Energy will retain a 74.9% stake.

22/12/2009 12:35:57

SSE Water Limited of 55 Vastern Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8BU (“the Company”), hereby gives notice, pursuant to section 8(2) of the Water Industry Act 1991 (“the Act”), that it has applied to the Water Services Regulation Authority to be appointed as Water and Sewerage Undertaker in place of Thames Water Services Limited (“Thames”) for an area at Park Views, Epsom.

16/12/2009 12:21:58

SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) has decided, on balance, to accept Ofgem’s final proposals for the electricity distribution price control for the five years from 1 April 2010 in respect of its Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution and Southern Electric Power Distribution subsidiaries.

10/12/2009 14:11:23

The new 840MW combined cycle gas turbine power station at Marchwood, near Southampton, in which SSE has a 50% ownership interest, is now available for full commercial operation.  This is the UK's first large-scale new CCGT power station to enter commercial operation for five years.

07/12/2009 08:40:18

SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) has received Ofgem’s final proposals for the electricity distribution price control for the five years from 1 April 2010 in respect of its Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution and Southern Electric Power Distribution subsidiaries.

03/12/2009 15:38:15

Scottish and Southern Energy ("SSE"), in conjunction with Smarter Grid Solutions Ltd ("SGS") has commercially deployed Smart Grid technology on SSE's power distribution network on Orkney, allowing the connection of increased amounts of new renewable energy generation.

02/12/2009 15:43:19

Scottish and Southern Energy plc ("SSE") has entered into an agreement with DONG Energy to form a 50:50 joint venture to take forward the development of three offshore wind farms, with a total capacity of just over 1,000MW (megawatts), which SSE has the right to develop in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The consented projects are: Den Helder I, Breeveertien II and West Rijn wind farms.

01/12/2009 10:15:26

Scottish and Southern Energy (“SSE”) will make an investment in energy saving measures for households in the Western Isles, by injecting a further £250,000 and brokering a partnership between the Scottish Government, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and local contractors which will safeguard jobs on the islands.

20/11/2009 12:42:10

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) have today announced a partnership that will secure £300,000 of funding for the life-saving charity.

11/11/2009 07:10:00

Scottish and Southern Energy ("SSE") announced their half year results for the year to March 2010. Lord Smith of Kelvin, Chairman of SSE, said: “SSE’s focus is always on full-year results, but it is clearly encouraging that financial performance in the first six months is consistent with our goal of a moderate, single digit increase in adjusted profit before tax for the financial year as a whole." 

11/11/2009 07:00:00

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) is about to submit a planning application to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council to seek consent to develop the UK’s biggest  carbon dioxide capture trial facility at its Ferrybridge coal-fired  power station near Castleford in Yorkshire.

04/11/2009 16:45:29

Scottish and Southern Energy plc ("SSE") has today officially opened its state of the art operations centre at Penner Road, Havant, home to almost 2,400 staff with future plans to expand to 2,600.

04/11/2009 15:16:18

Scottish and Southern Energy plc ("SSE") will issue credits worth a total of almost £3.5 million to around 290,000 customers who use gas pre-payment meters . The credits are equivalent to suspending the average extra charge its pre-payment tariff contains, compared with SSE’s standard credit gas tariff(1), from 1 November 2009 until 31 March 2010.

28/10/2009 12:56:34

A consortium of GDF SUEZ SA (‘GDF SUEZ’), Iberdrola SA (‘Iberdrola’) and Scottish and Southern Energy Plc (‘SSE’) has been successful in securing an option to purchase land for the development of a new nuclear power station at Sellafield on the Cumbrian Coast from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (‘NDA’) for a total cash consideration of £70m in the process which concluded today 28 October 2009.

16/10/2009 09:54:36

Scottish and Southern Energy plc ("SSE") has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of ESB Contracts Limited ("ESBC"), the street lighting business of Dublin-based ESB, for a total cash consideration of €6.4m. The acquisition is due to complete on 30 November 2009.

12/10/2009 17:41:38

Dublin-based energy company Airtricity has today announced that its renewable energy development division, the leading developer of renewable energy in the UK and Ireland, is to be renamed SSE Renewables. The rebrand will take effect from 1st January 2010.

12/10/2009 14:23:56

SSE Water Limited of 55 Vastern Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8BU (“the Company”), hereby gives notice, pursuant to section 8(2) of the Water Industry Act 1991 (“the Act”), that it has applied to the Water Services Regulation Authority to be appointed as Water and Sewerage Undertaker in place of Thames Water Services Limited (“Thames”) for an area at Bromley Common, Bromley.

08/10/2009 09:39:31

SSE Data Centres, a trading division within Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”), has been awarded a new long-term contract to provide Kingfisher plc (“Kingfisher”) with its own dedicated data centre pod to support IT infrastructure to be migrated from a number of existing data centres. 

07/10/2009 11:56:46

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) has selected Glasgow as the location for its new Centre of Engineering Excellence for Renewable Energy (CEERE) in partnership with the University of Strathclyde.

29/09/2009 13:30:59

SSE Water Limited of 55 Vastern Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8BU (“the Company”), hereby gives notice, pursuant to section 8(2) of the Water Industry Act 1991 (“the Act”), that it has applied to the Water Services Regulation Authority to be appointed as Sewerage Undertaker in place of Southern Water Services Limited (“Southern Water”) for an area at Hunter Avenue, Ashford.

28/09/2009 07:00:00

Scottish and Southern Energy plc ("SSE") will enter its close period on 1 October 2009, prior to the publication on 11 November 2009 of its financial report for the six months to 30 September 2009.

16/09/2009 09:00:00

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) has entered into an agreement to form a joint venture with a Swedish wind farm consortium to develop a 89MW onshore wind farm in Jamtland, Sweden. While project development is at an advanced stage, construction work will not begin before 2011. The Jamtland region has been identified by the Swedish government as an area of national interest for wind energy development.

08/09/2009 14:43:23

SSE Generation Ltd, the wholly owned generation business of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), has submitted a planning application to extend the existing Sloy hydro electric power plant with the construction of a new pumping station. This would allow SSE to produce an additional 100GWh (gigawatt hours) of electricity in a typical year to help meet peak demand.

27/08/2009 08:00:00

Forth Energy, the joint venture between Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) and Forth Ports PLC (“Forth Ports”) created in 2008, has prepared proposals for the development of dedicated biomass power stations at four of Forth Ports’ sites in Scotland. It will undertake consultations on the proposals and intends to seek consent next year to build the plants.

20/08/2009 15:16:01

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Tay Valley Lighting (“TVL”), has been appointed preferred bidder for the £225m, 25-year South Coast Streetlighting PFI (Private Finance Initiative).

17/08/2009 13:22:53

Scottish and Southern Energy plc ("SSE") has identified a partial blockage caused by internal rock falls near the top of the tunnel carrying water from the reservoir to the power station at its Glendoe hydro electric scheme.  The turbine in the power station has not been affected.

13/08/2009 13:50:00

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) has entered into an agreement with Welsh Power Group Limited  to acquire Uskmouth Power Company Limited, the owner and operator of the 363MW (megawatt) Uskmouth coal-fired power station near Newport, South Wales for a total cash consideration of £27m (including cash and working capital balances). The acquisition takes SSE’s total electricity generation portfolio past 11,000MW for the first time.

29/07/2009 15:17:49

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) has today introduced two new ‘advanced pay’ payment methods that will offer customers up to 10% discount* on their energy bills if they pay for their energy in advance.

28/07/2009 12:30:00

Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Limited ("SHETL") has submitted planning applications for the converter stations associated with the proposed subsea transmission link between the Shetland Islands and mainland Scotland.

23/07/2009 07:30:00

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) will today advise shareholders at its Annual General Meeting in Perth about its performance since the start of the current financial year, which began on 1 April 2009. This Interim Management Statement includes updates on operations, major projects, other developments and the financial outlook.

01/07/2009 10:02:54

Scottish and Southern Energy plc ("SSE") is providing an update of its operations and investment opportunities in electricity generation, and gas storage, to coincide with the official opening this week of its new development at Glendoe, the UK's first large-scale conventional hydro electric station for over 50 years, and with a visit to the site today (1 July) by a number of sector analysts.

29/06/2009 13:30:00

Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, today officially opened Scottish and Southern Energy’s (SSE’s) £160 million hydro electric scheme at Glendoe, near Fort Augustus, Loch Ness. The 100MW (megawatt) project is Scotland’s first conventional large scale hydro electric power station for 50 years.

29/06/2009 09:19:58

Scottish and Southern Energy plc ("SSE") is proposing to develop two new large scale pumped storage hydro electric schemes in the Great Glen. It is to seek from the Scottish Government its formal opinion on the scope of the environmental impact statement that would accompany planning applications for the schemes, currently planned to be submitted during 2011. 

12/06/2009 11:40:19

Scotland’s First Minister, the Rt Hon Alex Salmond MSP, has visited the site of the Clyde wind farm in southern Scotland to mark the start of preparatory works at Europe’s biggest single consented wind farm, in advance of full construction works beginning later this year.

08/06/2009 11:36:16

SSE Water Limited of 55 Vastern Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8BU (“the Company”), hereby gives notice, pursuant to section 8(2) of the Water Industry Act 1991 (“the Act”), that it has applied to the Water Services Regulation Authority to be appointed as Water and Sewerage Undertaker in place of Thames Water Services Limited (“Thames”) for an area at Kennet Island, Reading.

03/06/2009 16:35:00

SSE has today placed its Annual Report 2009 on the Company Reports section of this website.

03/06/2009 12:35:14

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”), through its renewable energy development division, Airtricity, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Slieve Divena Phase II wind farm project in Country Tyrone, Northern Ireland, from RES UK & Ireland Ltd.

28/05/2009 09:14:15

SSE Telecom, the telecommunications subsidiary of Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) has entered into an agreement to acquire a data centre business from Cantono Data Centre Services Limited, a subsidiary of Cantono plc, for a total cash consideration, payable on completion, of £4.85m.

21/05/2009 08:04:16

Scottish and Southern Energy ("SSE") announced their preliminary results for the year to 31 March 2009. Lord Smith of Kelvin, Chairman of Scottish and Southern Energy, said: "At a time of financial, economic and energy market turmoil, a company's ability to deliver profit and dividend growth has never been more important."

21/05/2009 07:52:46

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) has reached three significant milestones in the development of its electricity generation portfolio. These developments will help keep SSE on track for its target of a 50% reduction in the carbon intensity of its generating activities between 2006 and 2020 as well as underlining its position of having the most diverse portfolio of generating plant in the UK.

30/04/2009 16:08:33

The consortium made up of GDF SUEZ, Iberdrola and SSE confirms that it is committed to a programme to develop a fleet of new nuclear power stations in the UK. Today, it has decided, in accordance with its technical, economic and financial criteria, not to make any further bids in the auction by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and EDF of three potential nuclear new build sites in the UK.

27/04/2009 08:55:00

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) has agreed binding heads of terms under which it plans to enter into a five-year coal purchase agreement with UK Coal plc to provide fuel for its Ferrybridge power station.  The recent installation of flue gas desulphurisation equipment at the station means the UK’s higher sulphur coal can now be used to generate power.

15/04/2009 16:16:38

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”), through its renewable energy development division Airtricity, has joined forces with Fluor Limited, the UK operating arm of Fluor Corporation, to create a new consortium to bid for the exclusive rights to develop wind farms under The Crown Estate’s Round 3 Offshore Wind Farm Development Programme (Round 3).

08/04/2009 14:55:12

Scottish and Southern Energy plc ("SSE") entered into a new £850m Revolving Credit Facility provided by a group of nine banks on 3 April 2009. This facility - which was a self-arranged deal - will run until June 2012 and replaces an existing £650m committed facility that had been due to mature in November 2009. The new facility will act as a liquidity backstop for SSE's short term funding requirements, which are primarily commercial paper.

27/03/2009 13:28:47

Scottish and Southern Energy plc ("SSE") enters its close period on 1 April 2009, in advance of its preliminary results for the year to 31 March 2009, which will be published on 21 May 2009. Its expectations, for a modest increase in adjusted profit before tax, and a full-year dividend of at least 66.0 pence per share, remain unchanged.

05/03/2009 00:05:00

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) has this week announced plans for a proposed multi-fuel combined heat and power (CHP) facility at its Ferrybridge Power Station in Yorkshire.

26/02/2009 08:40:57

Four leading international energy companies have joined forces to bid to win exclusive rights to develop wind farms under the terms of Zone Development Agreements (ZDAs) as part of The Crown Estate’s third licence round for UK offshore wind farms (Round 3).

25/02/2009 10:39:10

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), through its renewables development division, Airtricity, has obtained consent from the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management for construction of the offshore wind farm ‘Breeveertien II’, located in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.  This follows the consent to develop the ‘West Rijn’ wind farm obtained on 15 January 2009.

16/02/2009 10:39:45

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”), through its renewable energy development division Airtricity, has been granted exclusivity by The Crown Estate to develop offshore wind farms at four locations in Scottish territorial waters.  The locations are Beatrice, Bell Rock, Islay and Kintyre.

06/02/2009 07:00:00

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) remains on course to deliver the financial and operational goals for the period to 31 March 2009 set out in its financial report in November 2008, including the delivery of a reduction in energy prices for its domestic customers.

06/02/2009 07:05:00

Scottish and Southern Energy plc ("SSE") will reduce its prices for domestic electricity and gas customers on 30 March 2009.  Average prices for electricity customers will fall by 9% and for gas customers they will fall by 4%. 

05/02/2009 13:51:19

Scottish and Southern Energy (“SSE”) has submitted to Scottish Ministers a revised proposal for a 94MW wind farm at Pairc on the Isle of Lewis.

30/01/2009 17:17:29

The Rt Hon Alex Salmond MP MSP, First Minister of Scotland, will today officially open Tom Johnston House, Scottish and Southern Energy's (“SSE”) new Customer Service Centre in Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire.

23/01/2009 16:34:21

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) has today issued a five-year £700m sterling bond with a coupon of 5.75%.

20/01/2009 12:23:23

Iberdrola, S.A. (‘Iberdrola’) and Scottish and Southern Energy Plc (‘SSE’) have today 19 January 2009 announced their intention to form a joint venture to enable them to participate in the UK’s nuclear new build programme.

19/01/2009 15:46:16

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) notes the statement issued by Ofgem today (19 January 2009) following its investigation into electricity generation issues, under Section 18 of the Competition Act and Article 82 of the EC Treaty, which it announced it was undertaking on 8 April 2008.

15/01/2009 08:58:19

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), through its renewables development division, Airtricity, has obtained consent from the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management for construction of the offshore wind farm “West-Rijn”, located in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.

06/01/2009 17:55:13

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (“SSE”) confirms it is now able to operate its 2,000MW Fiddler’s Ferry power station in line with the limits on emissions of sulphur dioxide contained in the Large Combustion Plan Directive (LCPD), following the successful progress made in commissioning the flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) equipment at the station during December.