Scottish and Southern Energy PLC operates in the Electric services sector. SSE PLC, formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc, is the holding company. The Company's subsidiaries are organized into the main businesses of the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity; the production, storage, distribution and supply of gas, and the provision of other energy-related services. The Company's operating segments include the distribution and transmission of electricity in the North of Scotland, the distribution of electricity in the South of England (together referred to as Power Systems), and the generation and supply of electricity and sale of gas in Great Britain and Ireland (Generation and Supply) and other businesses. In addition to this the Company's 50% interest in Scotia Gas Networks Limited, a business which distributes gas in Scotland and the South of England. On September 16, 2010, the Company disposed of its investment in Butendiek Offshore Winpark Holding GmbH and its subsidiaries to wpd AG. In
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