Scottish Hydro Electric

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Scottish Hydro-Electric plc

Type	Defunct 1998
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Perth, Scotland, UK
Products	Gas and Electricity

Scottish Hydro-Electric plc (Scottish company number SC117119) was a Public Electricity Supplier formed on 1 August 1989 after a change of name from North of Scotland Electricity plc on that date.

The company was originally formed on 1 April 1989 to acquire the assets of North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board ahead of electricity privatisation in the United Kingdom. The company was floated on the London Stock Exchange in June 1991. The company then merged with the English Public Electricity Supplier Southern Electric plc to become Scottish and Southern Energy plc on the 14 December 1998.

The Scottish Hydro Electric name is still used as a brand name by SSE Energy Supply ltd for supplying gas and electricity in Scotland and by Scottish Hydro-Electric Power Distribution Ltd the Distribution Network Operator in the north of Scotland.