Transaction in Own Shares

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
04 September 2007



                    Scottish and Southern Energy plc


Scottish and Southern Energy plc announces that Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited has purchased on 4 September 2007, on the Company's behalf,
85,000 of its Ordinary Shares at an average price of £14.1433 per share for
cancellation.





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