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Scottish & Southern Energy PLC 13 June 2007 SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY PLC ACHIEVEMENT OF EIGHT MILLION CUSTOMERS MILESTONE Scottish and Southern Energy plc ('SSE') has achieved eight million energy supply-related customers for the first time. This comprises: 5.03 million electricity customers; 2.87 million gas customers; and 105,000 telecoms customers. It represents a net increase of 3.5 million (78%) since the start of 2002 and of 150,000 since the start of this financial year on 1 April 2007. SSE achieved seven million customers in July 2006 and so has gained one million additional customers in less than a year. SSE is the third largest supplier of electricity and gas in the UK and supplies electricity and gas under Southern Electric, Scottish Hydro Electric, SWALEC and Atlantic brands. Ian Marchant, Chief Executive of SSE, said: 'I have no doubt that this sustained growth is the direct result of our policy of responsible pricing, allied to best-in-sector customer service. Going forward, we are committed to offering customers a combination of price, service and products which will enable us to achieve further growth during the rest of this financial year and beyond.' This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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