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Southern Electric
Article updated: Monday 16 February, 2009
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 are currently carrying out pilots in Stonehaven and Winchester for a national broadband service.
Southern Electric provides energy to 2.6 million of the 5 million Scottish & Southern Energy customers across the UK.
Free Air Miles are available to all Southern Electric customers, with added Air Miles bonuses for customers who buy dual fuel, both their gas and electricity, from them. The energy supplier also 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:
Electricity General Domestic - General Domestic is one of a range of Southern Electric tariffs designed for homes where little electricity is used during the night
Electricity Economy 7 - Economy 7 discounts the electricity price for 7 hours each night, and is therefore suitable for homes that use over 15% of their consumption at night
Gas Standard - Suitable for all homes with mains gas, there is a standing charge calculated per day and a unit rate.
There is also a tariff available without a standing charge, designed for people who only wish to pay for the energy units they have actually used. The rates are organised into primary, secondary and follow-on rates.
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 | 25% | 33% |
| Gas | 59% | 43% |
| Nuclear | 5% | 16% |
| Renewables | 9% | 6% |
| Other | 2% | 2% |
| CO² emissions | Radioactive waste |
| 450 g/kWh | 0.00049143 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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