Drumderg Wind Farm

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
26 September 2006


                        SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY PLC
            PERMISSION GRANTED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF DRUMDERG WIND FARM


Scottish and Southern Energy plc ('SSE') has been granted planning permission to
develop a 32MW (megawatt) wind farm at Drumderg, five miles from Alyth, in
Perthshire.


The decision follows a Public Inquiry into the development, which was concluded
in June 2006. The wind farm will have 16 turbines and construction work is
expected to begin later this year, with the wind farm scheduled to be
commissioned in 2008. Its development will require the investment of around
£30m.


The Inquiry Reporter made an award of expenses to SSE against Perth and Kinross
Council. When the expenses are awarded, SSE will invest the amount in energy-
and environment-related projects for communities in the Perth and Kinross
Council area.


When Drumderg is commissioned, SSE will have 200MW of installed wind farm
capacity. This includes the 6MW extension to the Tangy wind farm which is
currently under construction.


In addition to Drumderg, SSE is seeking to secure consent during 2006/07 to
develop another six wind farms in Scotland, with a total installed capacity of
330MW.


Ian Marchant, Chief Executive of SSE, said:

'I am pleased that the Drumderg wind farm has finally received consent, although
I remain disappointed that it has taken more than three years for this planning
process to be completed. Our priorities now are to ensure that the construction
work at Drumderg is carried out in a professional manner which reflects the
concerns of local people and to secure consent to develop additional wind farms
in other parts of Scotland.'


Enquiries to:

Scottish and Southern Energy
Alan Young, Director of Corporate Communications         0870 900 0410
Sharron Miller-Mackenzie, Corporate Communications       0870 900 0410



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