Wind Farm Application

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
07 June 2007


                        SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY PLC

                    APPLICATION TO BUILD WIND FARM ON LEWIS


Scottish and Southern Energy plc ('SSE') has submitted an application to
Scottish Ministers for consent to build a 205MW (megawatt) wind farm at Pairc on
Lewis in the Western Isles.

It is the largest wind farm development for which SSE has ever sought consent.

The application features a proposal for 57 turbines over an area of
approximately 20 square kilometres and construction of the wind farm would
requirement investment by SSE currently estimated at around £200m.

SSE's four operational wind farms have a total installed capacity of 162MW and
it has consent for three other wind farm developments with a total installed
capacity of 74MW. It also has six other wind farm proposals at various stages in
the planning process.

Ian Marchant, Chief Executive of SSE, said:

'The Energy White Paper has confirmed that renewable energy has a key part to
play in reducing carbon emissions and contributing to security of supply by
diversifying the electricity mix and reducing the need for energy imports. Our
application to build a wind farm at Pairc follows five years of environmental
and technical studies and discussions with the local community and I am
confident that it will receive consent.'



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