Latest News and Blogs

You can find our latest news and blogs from across our business here. 

  • SSEN's Weather Watch for September 2023

    With a warm and sunny start to September, can we expect more of the same for the rest of the month? Find out with SSEN's Weather Watch...

    colour weather graphic of UK and Europe
  • Ullapool’s Quay Street play park is in full swing once more

    Ullapool’s resurgent Quay Street play park is bringing everyone together like its predecessor from years gone by, with children enjoying the new equipment and parents welcoming the park as an ideal meet-up point on the school run.

    Ullapool’s resurgent Quay Street play park is bringing everyone together like its predecessor from years gone by, with children enjoying the new equipment and parents welcoming the park as an ideal meet-up point on the school run.
  • SSEN increases investment in Dorset town to further boost power supplies

    A series of works by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) designed to boost the electricity infrastructure in Sherborne is to receive further investment that will enable more resilience and flexibility than the original scheme had proposed.

    Home solar generation
  • Electricity refurbishment work set to start in the Point area of Lewis

    The electricity network between Aignish and Portnaguran will be undergoing a major refurbishment over the next week, with teams from SSEN Distribution replacing wooden poles, upgrading overhead lines and installing new switching gear between 30 August and 6 September.

    SSEN Distribution teams at work on the overhead network
  • An engaging visit to Orkney

    SSEN Distribution’s Highlands and Islands region covers some of the most beautiful, but at the same time challenging, terrain our country has to offer. From the hustle and bustle of Inverness to the rural tranquillity of Kinlochbervie and the island life of Stronsay, our teams work hard all year round to power our communities, often relying on 4x4 vehicles and even boats to overcome the logistical challenges of our day-to-day network operations.

    Orkney
  • SSEN funding boosts Isle of Wight’s Search and Rescue capabilities

    A £20,000 award from a previous round of Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks’ (SSEN) Resilient Communities Fund has helped Isle of Wight Search and Rescue (WightSAR) to buy a new Incident Control Vehicle that will help boost the organisation’s capabilities on and around the island

    Dean Terrett handing over keys

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