Transaction in Own Shares

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
18 September 2007



Scottish and Southern Energy plc

Scottish and Southern Energy plc announces that Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited has purchased on 18 September 2007, on the Company's behalf,
175,000 of its Ordinary Shares at an average price of £14.0996 per share for
cancellation.


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