Lord Smith of Kelvin, Chairman of SSE said: "SSE has again delivered increases in the full-year dividend and in adjusted profit before tax demonstrates the resilience inherent in its balanced model of market-based and economically-regulated businesses, and the robustness of its strategy of focusing on operations and investment in each of those businesses."

We are the UK’s second largest generation business, with an ownership interest in over 100 thermal and renewable power stations, with a total capacity of just over 11,300MW.

We distribute electricity to 3.5 million homes and businesses across one third of the UK’s total land area.

We are the UK's second largest generation business, with a total capacity of just over 11,300MW.

Lord Smith of Kelvin, Chairman of SSE said: "SSE has again delivered increases in the full-year dividend and in adjusted profit before tax demonstrates the resilience inherent in its balanced model of market-based and economically-regulated businesses, and the robustness of its strategy of focusing on operations and investment in each of those businesses."