Transaction in Own Shares

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
17 August 2007


Scottish and Southern Energy plc


Scottish and Southern Energy plc announces that Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited has purchased on 17 August 2007, on the Company's behalf,
525,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of £13.9723 per share for
cancellation.





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