Our full-year results

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16 May 2012
Ian Marchant, our CEO, talks about our full-year results

Energy Bill must deliver an attractive investment climate for UK renewables

15 May 2012

A broad coalition of energy companies have written to Edward Davey Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change outlining real concerns about the Government's proposed 'Contracts for Difference' CFD proposal for subsidising new low carbon investments.

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Latest dividend payment

24p a share on 23 March 2012
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Balancing energy businesses

We are the only company listed on the London Stock Exchange that has economically-regulated businesses like networks and market-based businesses like electricity generation and energy supply in the UK.

What we do

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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.

Providing energy and utility services

We provide services from street lighting maintenance to gas storage and telecoms networks, all designed to help customers from large local authorities to householders meet their energy and utility needs.

Networks

Looking up at pylon with blue sky and clouds behind.

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

Lowering customers' energy use

We believe that sustainable energy supply is about providing the energy and related products and services that people actually need in the low carbon environment of the future.

Generation

Hydro electric dam at Pitlochry

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

Our full-year results

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16 May 2012
Ian Marchant, our CEO, talks about our full-year results

Annual Report

Our latest annual report

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Latest dividend payment

24p a share on 23 March 2012
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News

We welcome enquiries from professional journalists and provide a 24-hour service for urgent enquiries.

For more information, look at our media contacts section.

SSE 2012 Full Year Results Statement

16 May 2012

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."

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  • Customer service

    Quality customer service is paramount to the success of our business and we strive to provide an outstanding experience on every call by putting the customer at the HEART of everything that we do.

    HEART represents the behaviours that everyone in SSE apply when dealing with customers;

    Here to make and keep promises
    Escalate if you need help to find the right solution
    Always show you care and check the customer is always happy
    Resolve the problem
    Take personal responsibility

    With around 10 million customers and a diverse range of enquiries to answer, no day is ever the same.  We deal with everything from taking payments, helping customers move home, to reporting faulty street lighting. The list is endless, but whatever the query, we will give our customers a service we are proud of. We only make commitments we can deliver, and we do that by treating every customer like family and having their best interests at HEART.

    We have a whole range of people across the UK focused on giving our customers the best possible experience. Advisers, developers, managers, trainers and quality and compliance officers to name a few, all working together and striving to go that extra mile to ensure we deliver qualtiy customer service.

    We empower our people to be the best they can be, as the success of the company depends on the success of our people. We have an extensive career path and we are committed to promoting from within, looking for our future leaders from among our own workforce.

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