Holding in Company

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
19 September 2001



NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 198 TO 202 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985

The Company was notified on 18 September 2001 that FMR Corp. and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL)and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non beneficial holders of shares
in Scottish and Southern Energy plc, were interested in 25,950,035 ordinary
shares of 50p each, being 3.02% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Shares registered are as follows:
Nominees/Registered name              Shares held    Management Company
Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited            194,100      FMTC 
Nortrust Nominees                        19,555      FMTC
Nortrust Nominees                        30,400      FMTC
State Street Nomineees                    2,100      FMTC
National Cities                           9,900      FMTC
Clydesdale Bank (HO) Nominees Ltd     5,631,408      FISL
Chase Nominees Limited                  688,200      FPM
RBS Trust Bank                          600,600      FPM
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee UK Ltd     281,500      FPM
Bankers Trust                         1,835,100      FPM
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                   865,440      FPM
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                 91,100      FPM
Chase Nominees Ltd                    1,295,000      FPM
MSS Nominees Ltd                        184,580      FPM
Citibank                                235,030      FPM
Bank of New York Europe                 397,027      FPM
Nordea                                    3,920      FPM
MSS Nominees Ltd                      5,468,438      FIL
Chase Nominees Ltd                      129,576      FIL
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                 1,278,668      FIL
Bankers Trust                           437,000      FIL
RBS Trust Bank                        2,882,453      FIL
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                203,800      FIL
Morgan Stanley                          284,400      FIL
NAB-Australia                            17,935      FIL
State Street Bank and Trust             298,662      FIL
Citibank                                221,270      FIL
Credit Suisse                             6,500      FIL
Bank of New York Europe                 876,600      FIL
Northern Trust                        1,192,616      FIL
Northern Trust                            2,900      FIL
National Australia Bank                   5,100      FIL
Clydesdale Bank (HO) Nominees Ltd       188,300      FIL
Bankers Trust                            18,500      FIL
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee UK Ltd       5,490      FIL
Deutsche Bank A.G. London                   867      FIL
Bank of New York - London                61,400      FIL
KAS Associatie                            4,600      FIL
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Total ordinary shares                25,950,035