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SSE PLC controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.