Transaction in Own Shares

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
31 July 2007


Scottish and Southern Energy plc

Scottish and Southern Energy plc announces that Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited has purchased on 31 July 2007, on the Company's behalf, 337,000
of its Ordinary Shares at a price of £14.3188 per share for cancellation.






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