Directorate Change

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
01 May 2003

SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY APPOINTS

NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS


Scottish and Southern Energy plc ('the Company') has appointed Sir Robert Smith
and Rene Medori as Non-Executive Directors with effect from 26 June 2003, and
has appointed Susan Rice as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 24 July
2003.

Sir Robert Smith currently has a number of roles, including Chairman of The Weir
Group plc. He is also a Governor of the BBC.

Rene Medori is Group Finance Director of The BOC Group plc, provider of a wide
range of industrial products and services to manufacturing and other industries.

Susan Rice is Chief Executive of Lloyds TSB Scotland plc, an
independently-managed clearing bank, which offers a full range of retail and
wholesale services.

Nick Timpson, who has served as a Non-Executive Director of the Company and,
before that, of Southern Electric, since 1990, will step down on 26 June 2003.

Dr. Bruce Farmer CBE, Chairman, said:

'I am very pleased that we have been able to attract people of such a high
calibre to our Board. Robert, Rene and Susan will bring to Scottish and Southern
Energy broad and diverse experience and a complementary range of skills which
will be of immense value in the future.

I would also like to place on record the Board's, appreciation of the invaluable
service and wise counsel that Nick Timpson has given to the Board, and to wish
him well in the future.'



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