SSE used the "Southern Electric" name and logo for a time as a brand name for retail distribution of gas and electricity in the south of England, before replacing it with SSE branding. Following the purchase of SSE's retail business by OVO Energy in 2020, the Southern Electric brand is a trading name of OVO Electricity Limited.[2]
Southern Electricity Board
The key people on the board were: Chairman Henry Nimmo (1948–54),[3] Chairman R.R.B. Brown (1964, 1967), Deputy Chairman W.B. Poulter (1964, 1967), full-time member A. W. Bunch (1967).[4]
The number of customers supplied by the board was:[5][6]
Customers supplied by the Southern Electricity Board
Year
1948/9
1960/1
1965/6
1970/1
1975/6
1978/9
1980/1
1985/6
1987/8
1988/9
No. of customers, 1000s
876
1429
1616
1829
1993
2095
2150
2312
2386
2424
The amount of electricity, in GWh, sold by the Southern Electricity Board over its operational life was:[5][6]
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Operations
The Southern Electric name continues to be used by SSE's subsidiary Southern Electric Power Distribution plc,[7] the distribution network operator in the south of England.
In April 2013 the UK electricity market regulator OFGEM fined Southern Electric £10.5 million for breaches of conduct in relation to mis-selling, from the top of the business down.[8]