Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks

🌍 It takes a diverse, hard-working team to run the electricity system that keeps you connected today, and which will power us all to our shared #netzero future.  ⚡ You’ll probably know us as the people who work 24/7 to keep your lights on, but we do so much more than that. Our role is growing every single day, as we work to deliver a smart, fair, clean, electricity distribution system. 👋 We’ll let the members of #teamssen take it from here, to tell you a bit more about us, and how you are at the very heart of what we do.  Fancy coming to join them? Check out our latest vacancies at careers.sse.com 

We’ve published our half-year results that show that we’ve invested £1.3billion in mission critical infrastructure in the first six months of this financial year. That's around £50million a week! Take a look at a few of the highlights from the last 6 months… 🔗 A link to our full-year results is available in the comments⬇️

✨ Join our FREE Priority Services Register today for extra help to prepare for a power cut 🌧️ If you or someone you care for could need extra support during a power cut, our Priority Services Register is here to help. Whether you're recovering from a hospital stay or have young children, we offer tailored assistance, regular updates, and proactive alerts in case of severe weather. 👉 Sign up now: ssen.co.uk/psr

🔌 We’ve just published the November edition of our DSO newsletter, covering the next chapter in our DSO Acceleration Strategy, updates from our Autumn Series, and new initiatives to support a fair energy future. Here’s what’s inside: ✨ Recap of our successful Autumn Series, with over 500 stakeholders engaged in discussions on flexibility, data-driven decision-making, and regional insights. 📄 Publication of our updated DSO Action Plan, with achievements such as procuring 700MW in flexibility services and unlocking 7GW of additional capacity, all aimed at advancing clean power goals. 💡 Launch of the ODM Consultation, inviting your input to shape our future Operational Decision Making approach. 📅 Upcoming Network Insights Workshop on 10 December – join us to explore connection opportunities on our network and reduce pre-application hurdles. Read more about how we are making the smart, fair, flexible, electricity system which will help power us to net zero ⬇️ #DSOUpdate #NetZeroFuture #EnergyTransition

🔧 Considering a career as a Cable Jointer? Discover what it's like to be at the heart of our network, powering communities and contributing to a sustainable future. ⚡ In this role, you'll be hands-on with high and low-voltage networks, working on jointing, cabling, and excavation to support essential services in your community. Find your next craft role at careers.sse.com/craft

🤿 Did you know our subsea cable network provides power supplies from the mainland to 59 Scottish Islands, including the Inner and Outer Hebrides, Arran and the Orkney Islands?   🐟 An example of the work our specialist subsea team does all year round is their planned replacement of the existing subsea cable between Kilmalieu and Loch A’Choire in Summer 2025 – community engagement is key when planning such projects, and the team has recently been holding public information sessions in the area.   🏫 And in addition to these public sessions, the subsea team has also visited Strontian Primary School and Ardnamurchan High School to give pupils an insight into the work that goes on behind the scenes when planning a cable installation, as well as more information on careers in this specialist field and across SSEN Distribution.   Read more in the article below

🤝👂 Our DSO Autumn Series is a fantastic example of the benefits that customer and stakeholder engagement can deliver - our teams have engaged online and in person with over 500 people at a series of 12 tailored events over 14 days, gathering a wealth of invaluable information in the process.   🧮 We’re now taking stock and analysing the feedback in more detail, delving into your thoughts on wider topics such as policy, flexibility and low-carbon technologies, as well as specifics, such as the enthusiasm in our Local Energy Net Zero Accelerator (LENZA) tool.    🖋️ Read the thoughts of our DSO Director, Andrew Roper CEng FIET, as he looks back on the successful Autumn Series, and also looks to the future as we continue on this exciting, innovative and essential DSO journey.

 🧑🤝🧑 Supporting community and personal resilience is a key part of our commitment to being a good neighbour, and so we were proud to be sponsoring Moray Council's third Community Resilience Conference at Inchberry Hall last Thursday. 🤝 The conference was sponsored as part of the funding we awarded to Moray Council following Storm Arwen ( read more here: https://bit.ly/morfund); it was a great way for local community groups and emergency responders to get together to share their own experiences of dealing with an emergency, swop best practices and listen to guest speakers - including Pamela Harvey, our Customer Relationship Manager for the area. 📹We caught up with Rhona McNicol from Moray Council at the end of the day, to learn more about the event and some of the topics that were covered across what had been a busy and very well-attended conference. For more advice and support for your community visit ssen.co.uk/communities/

📺 In case you missed us on STV News earlier in the week – or if you live further afield…our utility arborists featured on Wednesday’s main bulletin, captured on camera at a special wind-blown tree training exercise earlier that day.   🌲 Our inhouse arborists work all year round to ensure trees and vegetation are kept a safe distance from our equipment, so when the winds blow, branches won’t strike our lines and cause the power to go off. But when storms come, the ferocity of their gale-force winds can sometimes be enough to bring whole trees down, and if they land on our lines this can cause the power to go off.   👷👷♀️ On Wednesday, over 30 of our arborists from across the north of Scotland took part in a training day on a site specifically chosen for its wind-blown trees – it was an ideal location for colleagues with a wide range of experience to sharpen their skills and share their knowledge. Visit the STV Group plc website to see more from the day itself… https://lnkd.in/egjG7ADE

👷♀️ It's #GreenCareersWeek and #LivingWageWeek A green career can be any job, role or occupation that contributes to preserving or restoring the environment and our planet. It can be any industry, not just those seen as ‘green.’ Green skills are abilities, attributes, values, attitudes, knowledge, and technical skills needed to adapt services, processes and procedures to support climate change. We're recruiting thousands of roles to help support the clean energy transition. Looking after our colleagues and supply chain during the clean energy transition isn't just a nice-to-have for us, it is essential. This is why we've been a #LivingWage employer for 11 years and are also a #LivingHours and #LivingPension employer. We're recruiting thousands of green living wage, pension and hours jobs that will help drive the energy transition. Learn more about what jobs we have available here 👉 careers.sse.com