Scottish Hydro Electric

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Scottish Hydro-Electric plc
FormerlyNorth of Scotland Electricity plc
Company type Public
Predecessor North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board
IncorporatedScotland
Founded1 April 1989;36 years ago (1989-04-01)
Defunct14 December 1998;26 years ago (1998-12-14)
FateMerged with Southern Electric plc
SuccessorScottish and Southern Energy (now SSE plc)
Headquarters Perth, Scotland, UK
ProductsGas and Electricity
Website www.hydro.co.uk

Scottish Hydro-Electric (named North of Scotland Electricity between 1 April 1989 and 1 August 1989) [1] was a public electricity supplier in the United Kingdom. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The company merged with Southern Electric in 1998, and is now known as SSE plc.

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History

The company was formed on 1 April 1989 to acquire the assets of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board ahead of electricity privatisation in the United Kingdom under the name North of Scotland Electricity plc. The company was floated on the London Stock Exchange in June 1991. It merged with the English public electricity supplier Southern Electric plc to become Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) on 14 December 1998. [2]

Operations

The Scottish Hydro name was used as a brand name by SSE plc for supplying gas and electricity in Scotland, and by Scottish Hydro-Electric Power Distribution Ltd, the distribution network operator in the north of Scotland. In 2011, power consumption of the north was largely handled by Scottish Hydro. [3]

Successors

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Post-merger logo

The Scottish Hydro brand continued in use for a time after the 1998 merger but SSE later used its own brand throughout the UK. Following the purchase of SSE's retail business by OVO Energy in 2020, the Scottish Hydro brand became a trading name of OVO Electricity Limited until it was replaced by the Ovo brand. [4]

Fuel sources

The fuel sources used by SSE Energy Supply to generate power during the year 2015-16 [5] and 2021-22 [6] were as follows:

Fuel2015-162021-22
% of TotalGB average
(for comparison)		% of TotalGB average
(for comparison)
Coal25%17%0%3.8%
Natural Gas35%32%70.1%38.5%
Nuclear7%24%0%16.1%
Sun, wind, water29%24%29.9%38.7%
Other4%3%0%2.9%
Total100%100%100%100%

References

  1. ↑ "SSE PLC". gov.uk. Companies House . Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Two electric suppliers in Britain to merge". New York Times. 2 September 1998. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Power cuts across Scotland after storms". BBC. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Trading names". SSE. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ↑ SSE fuel mix disclosure, retrieved 19 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "SSE Fuel Mix Disclosure" (PDF). SSE Energy Services. 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2022.
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