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.

SSE at a glance

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Our core purpose is to provide the energy people need in a reliable and sustainable way; and our strategy is to deliver sustained real growth in the dividend.

Transmitting and distributing energy

We’re the only energy company in the UK to be involved in electricity transmission, electricity distribution and gas distribution, giving us a diverse range of economically-regulated businesses.

Supply

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We supply electricity and gas to over 10 million homes and businesses throughout Great Britain and Ireland.

Securing the UK’s and Ireland’s future energy needs

We believe that the UK and Ireland needs to become less vulnerable to high oil and gas prices and to secure the supplies of energy people need in 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

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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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  • IT

    The SSE IT department, which continues to grow and look for additional team members to help our business succeed, currently numbers over 530 staff.

    SSE provides a wide range of energy services and has a track record of efficiency and continuous growth. These include operating extensive renewable and thermal generating stations, management of electricity transmission and a distribution network. We deliver first-class energy supply services in the highly competitive retail market and are now facing new opportunities as the Smart meter programme places greater emphasis on data and the customer. Our IT department provides services to all of these business areas.

    IT must increase its capabilities to meet the demands of our business, which operates in a highly competitive market. To meet these needs efficiently and effectively involves a wide range of IT skills and solutions, both off-the-shelf packages and bespoke, internally developed solutions. SSE IT is a major Oracle user and other particular areas of both current and future growth are eCommerce, BizTalk and Cognos.

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