Director Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
2 April 2002


Scottish and Southern Energy plc (the Company)
Notification of Directors' Interests

Scottish and Southern Energy plc wishes to notify the following changes in
director's interests in the Company's ordinary Shares (Shares) arising out of
the operation of the Scottish and Southern Energy Deferred Bonus Plan.

Awards of Shares under the Deferred Bonus Plan can be unconditionally released
to participants following the third anniversary of grant (the Maturity Date). 
Up to 50% of the Shares under a participant's award can be called for before
the Maturity Date for each award, provided the participant undertakes to
retain the Shares acquired (less such number as are sold to discharge his
income tax liability on the Shares) until the relevant Maturity Date.

On 27 March 2002, the following executive directors elected to call for the
Shares set out below and have undertaken to retain the Shares acquired until
the relevant Maturity Date (less the number of Shares sold to discharge income
tax liabilities):

Ian Marchant                    28,234
Alastair Phillips-Davies         5,048

The Shares required to satisfy these entitlements have been transferred by the
Scottish and Southern Energy Deferred Bonus Plan (the 'Trust').

On 28 March 2002, the following executive directors sold Shares at £6.77 in
order to discharge income tax liabilities arising on the release of Shares
under the Trust:

Ian Marchant                    11,355
Alastair Phillips-Davies         2,030

As a result of the transactions referred to above:

(a)  the Trust holds a total of 272,412 Shares representing 0.032%of the
Company's issued share capital: and

(b)  the executive directors are interested in the following Shares:

Ian Marchant                  35,146    0.0041%
Alastair Phillips-Davies       4,070    0.0005%

In addition, the executive directors are deemed for the Companies Act purposes
to be interested in all the Shares held by the Trust.


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