Southern Electric
Southern Electric plc was an electricity company in the UK. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange as SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy PLC.). Southern Electric merged with Scottish Hydro-Electric plc in 1998 forming SSE. Since then SSE bought SWALEC (what was South Wales Electric Company) and Atlantic Electric and Gas. SSE is now the UK's second largest Gas and Electricity supplier with over 9 million customers.
History
The company originated as the Southern Electricity Board, created in 1948 as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the Electricity Act 1947. The board's assets passed to Southern Electric plc in 1990, one of the fourteen Public Electricity Suppliers, and was privatised in the same year. In 1998 the company merged with Scottish Hydro-Electric plc and became part of Scottish and Southern Energy.[1]
Operations
The Southern Electric name is still used as a brand name by SSE plc for supplying gas and electricity in England and by Southern Electric Power Distribution PLC the Distribution Network Operator in the south of England.
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