Director Shareholding

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
30 September 2004


Notification of Directors' Interests

Scottish and Southern Energy plc wishes to notify the following changes in
directors' interests in the Company's Ordinary 50p Shares (shares) following a
notification to the Company on 29 September 2004 by the PEP Manager, The Bank of
New York, regarding the reinvestment on the September dividend, on 27 September
2004 at £ 7.595, pursuant to a regular standing order instruction.

Director     Number of   Percentage   Total holding    Total percentage
              shares      of issued     following      of issued shares
            purchased       share     notification        following
                           class                        notification
David
Sigsworth         175      0.00004%         43,743               0.005%
Lorna
Sigsworth
(spouse)          144
Gregor
Alexander          22     0.000003%          8,032               0.001%








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