Scottish and Southern Energy plc
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| Public limited company | |
| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Energy |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Perth, Scotland, UK |
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Area served
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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland |
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Key people
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Richard Gillingwater CBE (Chairman) Alistair Phillips-Davies (CEO) |
| Brands | Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, Southern Electric, Scottish Hydro, Swalec, Airtricity |
| Services | Power generation and distribution, natural gas production, transportation, and distribution, telecommunications, metering |
| Revenue | £28,781.3 million (2016) |
| £1,657.7 million (2016) | |
| £585.2 million (2016) | |
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Number of employees
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21,118 (2016) |
| Website | www |
SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc) is a British energy company headquartered in Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom. It is listed on the and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
SSE operates in United Kingdom and Ireland. It is involved in the generation and supply of electricity and gas, the operation of gas and telecoms networks and other energy-related services such as gas storage, exploration and production, contracting, connections and metering.
SSE is considered as one of the "Big Six" companies which dominate the energy market in the United Kingdom.
The company has its origins in two public sector electricity supply authorities. The former North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board was founded in 1943 to design, construct and manage hydroelectricity projects in the Highlands of Scotland, and took over further generation and distribution responsibilities on the nationalisation of the UK's electricity industry in 1948. The former Southern Electricity Board was created in 1948 to distribute electricity in Southern England.
Whilst the Southern Electricity Board was a distribution-only authority, with no power generation capacity of its own, the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric board was a broader spectrum organisation, with its own generating capabilities. Because of its history and location, the Hydro-Electric Board was responsible for most of the UK's hydroelectric generating capacity.
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