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."

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.

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

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."