Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2022
SEPD fined over street-works safety breaches
Fine or penalty
Southern Electric Power Distribution (SEPD) pleaded guilty at North Somerset Magistrates’ Court to failing to comply with safety measures during street works. It was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay costs and a surcharge, for a total of £9,120.
Company response
Remediation — SSE
When alerted to issues with the works that had been undertaken in Wincanton, Somerset in June 2021, we acted without delay in rectifying the works location and complying with directions set out by Somerset County Council.
Investigation — SSE
Following this incident, we have internally reviewed and investigated our current working practices to minimise the likelihood of similar events taking place in the future.
Source excerpt
SEPD was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay court costs of £4,000 and a surcharge of £190 to fund victim services, giving the company a total of £9,120 to pay by March 22.
2020
Failure to publish generation-capacity information on time
Ofgem imposed a £2.06 million penalty after SSE failed to publish information about the future availability of generation capacity within the required timeframe. SSE cooperated with the investigation.
2020
Ofgem fines SSE £2.06m over delayed market disclosure
Fine or penalty
Ofgem fined SSE £2.06m for failing to publish timely information about the future availability of its generation capacity. SSE said it had acted in good faith and admitted that its approach did not meet Ofgem's disclosure requirement.
Company response
Clarification — SSE
SSE said it had acted in "good faith", but admitted its actions had failed to meet Ofgem's requirements.
Source excerpt
The gas and electricity regulator says the company has delayed publishing information which could have had a 'significant effect' on wholesale electricity prices
Ofgem fines SSE £2m over disclosure breach
Energy supplier SSE has been fined £2.06m by the regulator Ofgem for failing to publish inside information about the wholesale energy market.
2020
Ofgem fines SSE more than £2 million
Fine or penalty
In a controversy noted in 2020, the energy regulator Ofgem fined the Scottish-based energy company SSE more than £2 million. According to the source report, the penalty concerned a blunder that was likely to have pushed up wholesale electricity costs. The event summary identifies Ofgem as the regulator imposing the fine and SSE as the company penalized, and it links the penalty to the potential effect on wholesale electricity costs. No further details about the incident, its consequences, or any response from SSE are included in the available event fields.
Energy regulator Ofgem fined Scottish-based SSE more than £2 million over a blunder that was likely to have pushed up wholesale electricity costs.
Source excerpt
THE energy regulator has fined Scottish-based SSE more than £2 million for a blunder which is likely to have pushed up wholesale electricity costs.
2013
Energy mis-selling enforcement
Ofgem fined SSE £10.5 million after finding problems associated with the mis-selling of gas and electricity. The enforcement action concerned SSE’s former retail-supply activities.