Press releases

SSE plc, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Airtricity Energy Supply (Northern Ireland) Limited, has entered into an agreement with Phoenix Energy Holdings Limited, a Terra Firma company, to acquire the entire issued share capital in Phoenix Supply Limited, a regulated supplier of natural gas to 130,000 customers in Northern Ireland.

SSE announced its full year results for the year to 31 March 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.  It also demonstrates the commitment and professionalism of the people who work for SSE throughout the UK and Ireland."

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.

HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, officially opened SSE’s innovative Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant at Barkip near Beith in North Ayrshire today.

SSE Plc has received a fine of £1.25M at Guildford Crown Court after being found guilty in May 2011 on two counts out of seven in a case brought against it by Surrey County Council Trading Standards relating to the use of doorstep sales aids in 2009.

In response to the IPPR report ‘The true cost of energy’, SSE agrees that Ofgem must do more to stop the practice of ‘predatory pricing’ but refutes the allegation, as reported in the media, that all of the ‘Big Six’ are involved in this practice.

Scottish Hydro’s Home Services division is expanding in to Renewable Heating Technologies, with Aberdeenshire the first location to have access to this new and exciting venture.

A groundbreaking energy efficiency trial by SSE plc in Cornwall has received approval from OFGEM as a means of ascertaining the carbon score of Residential Park Homes throughout the UK.

Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) has submitted an application to the Scottish Government for consent to develop the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth. BOWL is a joint venture partnership formed between SSE Renewables (75%), SSE’s renewable energy development division, and Repsol Nuevas Energias UK (25%) (formerly SeaEnergy Renewables).

Over the next 12 months, SSE will offer all of its customers a wide reaching energy review designed to ensure they are on the best product for their needs. The GB-wide roll-out follows a successful pilot involving over 1,000 customers. To support this initiative SSE will create 200 new jobs dedicated to delivering the reviews.