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Scottish and Southern Energy was formed in September 1998, following a merger between Scottish Hydro-Electric and Southern Electric. [10] In August 2000, Scottish and Southern Energy acquired the SWALEC energy supply business. [10] SWALEC operate exclusively in Wales while SSE operates in Scotland and England. [11]
Southern Electric plc was a public limited energy company in the United Kingdom between 1990 and 1998, when it merged with Scottish Hydro-Electric plc to form Scottish and Southern Energy plc (now SSE plc). The company had its origins in the southern England region of the British nationalised electricity industry.
Our heritage spans almost 80 years to the advent of electricity generation in the North of Scotland and in the south back to the creation of the Southern Electricity Board in 1948 to distribute and supply electricity in southern England.
SSE was born out of the 1998 merger of Scottish Hydro-Electric plc and Southern Electric plc. The History of Scottish Hydro-Electric. The smaller of the two Scottish electric companies, Scottish Hydro-Electric was involved in generation, transmission, and supply of electricity to the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
In the south, the former Southern Electricity Board was created in 1948 to distribute and supply electricity in southern England. Both organisations were privatised with the deregulation of energy in the 1990s.
Jun 3, 2022 · In 2010, Scottish and Southern Energy Plc was renamed SSE Plc. In 2020, the company sold its GB electricity supply business to Ovo Energy, to focus on its core businesses of electricity networks and renewables.
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The core of our object collection was donated by colleagues and gathered when our predecessor organisation, the Southern Electricity Board, later Southern Electric, set up The Museum of Electricity in Christchurch in 1983 which later closed in 2013.