Corporate Update

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
08 September 2005


                        SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY PLC

                          EXTENSION TO TANGY WIND FARM

Scottish and Southern Energy plc ('SSE') has received consent from Argyll & Bute
Council to extend its wind farm at Tangy in Argyll. The wind farm currently has
an installed capacity of 13MW. Consent has been granted for the development of
an additional 6MW, taking the total capacity to 19MW.

Including the existing wind farm at Tangy, SSE has 42MW of operating capacity at
three wind farms in Scotland. It is on course to complete the development of the
Hadyard Hill wind farm in Ayrshire (120MW) and the new plant at Fasnakyle
hydro-electric power station (7MW) before the end of the current financial year.
It has also recently received consent to develop a new large-scale
hydro-electric power station at Glendoe which will have a capacity of around
100MW.

Ian Marchant, Chief Executive of SSE, said:

'I am pleased that we have been able to secure consent to extend our wind farm
at Tangy and that our plans to invest in renewable energy are continuing to
progress. As with our existing projects, our aim will be to complete the
construction phase in as smooth and professional a manner as possible.'




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