SSE at a glance
SSE is a leading electricity and gas company, operating mainly in the UK and Ireland. We have:
Networks
- around 130,000km of overhead electricity lines and under ground cables, delivering power to around 3.7 million homes, offices and businesses;
- a 50% share of Scotia Gas Networks, which has around 75,000km of pipelines delivering gas to around 5.7 million homes, offices and businesses;
- the UK's fourth largest telecoms network company.
Retail
- around 10 million customer accounts for electricity, gas and other home services;
- the UK's second largest mechanical and electrical contracting business; and
Wholesale
- over 11,800 megawatts of capacity for generating electricity in power stations, hydro electric schemes and wind farms;
- the UK's largest onshore gas storage facility;
This means we are the broadest based energy company in the UK, with interests in electricity and gas production, electricity and gas distribution, electricity and gas supply and electricity and gas services.