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Southern Electric
Article updated: Thursday 27 January, 2011
As part of the Scottish & Southern Energy group, Southern Electric supplies gas and electricity across Britain to more than 2.6 million residential customers. They have recently expanded their services to include home phone and broadband services.
Southern Electric provides energy to 2.6 million of the 5 million Scottish & Southern Energy customers across the UK.
The energy supplier offers free Argos points for its customers.
Services
- Standard electricity, gas and dual fuel tariffs
- Prepayment meter tariffs
- Special packages for customers with particular requirements, e.g. elderly, disabled or chronically sick
- Professionally-installed home insulation for customers receiving priority benefits
- Renewable energy tariffs with offers (including Airmiles and shopping discounts)
Southern Electric tariffs include:
- Better plan – The same price as their standard tariff but you can earn money off your bill by reducing the amount of energy you use
- Price Fix5 – Offers fixed energy prices until 31 March 2012
- Energyplus Argos – Offers customers a 10% discount at Argos and Homebase
- Energyplus Pulse – Southern Electric will donate £10 to the British Heart Foundation every year you remain on this tariff (or £5 if you are an electricity-only customer)
- Standard Energy – This is Southern Electric’s standard deal with an option to manage your account online to get a 1.5% discount
- Go Direct – This is Southern-Electric’s cheapest deal and is only available to customers who switch on its website
- iplan – Gives you a free Smart Energy Kit to let you track your energy use and manage your account online
- oplan – Southern Electric’s greenest deal matches the electricity you use with renewably sourced hydro electricity
Customers can pay their bills by direct debit, postal order, cash or cheque.
History
Southern Electric, based in Maidenhead, has been established for over 50 years. In 1998 the company merged with Scottish Hydro-Electric to form part of the Scottish & Southern Energy group.
Today Scottish & Southern Energy own four energy supply companies, all trading as part of the parent company. These are Scottish Hydro-Electric, Southern Electric, SWALEC and Atlantic Electric and Gas.
Southern Electric was one of the original electricity boards, known at the time as the Southern Electric Board until a name change in 1990 to Southern Electric plc.
Environmental responsibility
This table shows Southern Electric's fuel mix:
| Fuel source | Southern Electric's fuel mix | Average UK fuel mix |
| Coal | 24% | 25.8% |
| Gas | 62% | 47.7% |
| Nuclear | 2% | 18% |
| Renewables | 10% | 6.6% |
| Other | 2% | 1.9% |
| CO² emissions | Radioactive waste |
| 455 g/kWh | 0.00017960 g/kWh |
Southern Electric also has a specialist team to help you with energy efficiency advice.
In the community
The Scottish & Southern Energy group has set up a Services team to provide a comprehensive range of products and an information service to the public, industrial and commercial organisations throughout the UK and Ireland.
As well as being involved in the supply and energy trading markets, gas market, electric goods retailing and electric and utility contracting, the group are the UK’s largest generator of renewable electricity in the UK.
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