Our vision

Priorities for SSE
SSE welcomes the focus on sustainability and security in energy, and believes that the EU Climate and Energy Package and Renewable Energy Directive, the prospect of an ‘oil crunch’, the requirement to safeguard energy supplies and the introduction of ‘smart’ meters will mean the following priorities will feature in its business activities:

• Networks: ensuring the distribution of energy remains reliable through investment in networks, as sources and use of electricity and gas change; and
• Retail: helping to keep electricity and gas bills as affordable as possible by offering ways to enable and encourage customers to be more efficient in their use of energy. Meeting customers’ requirements for energy products and services that are needed for the transition to a lower-carbon economy;
• Wholesale: developing new capacity to produce electricity in a sustainable way that supports the transition to a lower-carbon economy. Securing gas supplies to meet future energy needs and helping maintain dependable supplies by providing more storage capacity for the UK, as imports of gas rise

As the UK becomes increasingly dependent on imports of energy, and as the need for action to replace its ageing infrastructure and to de-carbonise its economy continues to intensify, the importance and value of efficient electricity generation and energy storage, distribution, supply and services will all increase.  SSE, as the broadest-based energy company in the UK and the fastest-growing energy company in Ireland, is in a good position to help provide the services and infrastructure that energy customers in the UK and Ireland will need and thus secure continuing, sustained real dividend growth.