💡⚡ We’ve helped develop a tool that will allow us to carry out essential tests on network equipment, without interruption to customers. It's a remotely-operated drill that can take samples of fluids within transformers, while they're still live.
🔗 Read more: https://ssen.pulse.ly/zgecvk8nmh
We're working with RSPB at Otmoor Nature Reserve to restore 3 former arable fields. Two will become wetland mosaic to support species like Lapwing, Redshank & Snipe; one will be seeded with native plants for transitional habitat. Read our full story here - https://pulse.ly/g6gdp7abpp
🔔 You now have just one month left to complete your application for this year’s Powering Communities to Net Zero fund.
🍃 This £3m fund supports the communities we serve, by helping them adapt greener, low-carbon technologies or strengthening resilience during storms.
🔗 www.ssen.co.uk/pcnz
🤝 We’ve partnering with Headway Thames Valley to help more people access extra #support during #power cuts with our free Priority Services.
⚡ People supported by Headway who sign up will also receive a specially designed support pack to help them #prepare.
https://pulse.ly/ai5cxyazpz
⛰️ The Scottish Hydro Electric Community Trust provides funding support for customers looking to connect to our network across the north of Scotland.
✏️ Applications for this year close on 14 May - for more information, head over to https://www.shect.org
🌬️ Storm Dave will bring gale-force winds & snow to the north of Scotland this weekend. 80 mph gusts and snow are expected in the West Highlands, Skye and the Western Isles.
👷 Winds of these speeds can impact on the network, and we're preparing accordingly.
🔗Find out how: www.ssen.co.uk/storm
🚙 The M27 is one of the south of England's busiest motorways - and no stranger to roadworks in recent years. It's also the location of a £9.6 million electricity network upgrade.
🎥 Here's how we're delivering this work, without disrupting motorway traffic though the use of clever, new tech:
⚠️ Storm-force winds are heading in the direction of our north of Scotland network area this weekend.
🌬️ Gusts of 100mph are possible later on Saturday on Skye and in the Western Isles.
👷 Before this severe weather arrives, we're making preparations now.
🔗 Read more at www.ssen.co.uk/storm
📣 We've now launched this year’s Powering Communities to Net Zero fund, and we're welcoming applications from communities, charities and not-for-profit organisations in our network areas.
🤝 In 2025, we awarded £693,000 to 57 projects.
🔗 Read more and apply here: https://tinyurl.com/2s3m6u96
🎥 Here’s a rather different view of ‘the work’ behind the network!
One of our new subsea cables en route to Loch Long, with the iconic Eilean Donan Castle in the background.
It’s the first of 2 cables being installed as part of a reinforcement project, helping to improve resilience of supplies.
💨 We’re moving to Weather Warning status in the north of Scotland ahead of potential gale-force winds tomorrow into Thursday.
Keep up to date at ssen.co.uk/storm
👩💻⚡ Meet Lucy, one of our Data Analyst Higher Apprentices, and take a look at what a day in her role involves
Interested? We’re hiring 👇
https://careers.sse.com/apprenticeships
#ScottishApprenticeshipWeek #Apprenticeships #SSENCareers
We’re kicking off our 'Spring Series: Voices Which Shape Us' Stakeholder Series by hearing from Will Barnes at Bracknell Forest Council.
In this video, Will shares how collaboration with SSEN is supporting Bracknell Forest’s local energy ambitions.
Learn more at ssen.co.uk/springseries
👷 It's Scottish Apprenticeship Week!
⚡Thinking about a career change or your next step after school or college?
Hear what some of our recent joiners said about why they chose to kickstart their career with us.
👉 We’re recruiting now for apprentices. Apply today: careers.sse.com/apprenticeships
🔋We're delivering the first of 20k batteries to people who're registered for Priority Services & medically dependent on electricity.
🗣️ Andy & Ruth have been trialling one out. They told us:
"It's given us more peace of mind to know this battery will be able to help us if there's a power cut."
🔋 We've delivered the first of 20,000 home battery packs to customers who are registered for our Priority Services and medically dependent on electricity. This is a first for any network operator, and aims to support our most vulnerable customers.
🔗 Read more here: https://shorturl.at/K1bL4
⚡ Today, we're announcing a new framework for investment in the subsea networks powering our island communities.
🔌 This will support EVs, heat pumps and local clean generation, while driving economic growth and decarbonisation.
👷 It will also strengthen supply chains and support thousands of jobs.
Ready to find your future with SSEN? Applications for our 2026 apprentice and trainee programmes are now open 🙌🙌
What are you waiting for? Click the link below to find out more and apply!
https://careers.sse.com/apprenticeships-and-trainees
#nationalapprenticeshipweek #apprentice #trainees
👷 We're beginning work on multi-million-pound upgrades to more than double the electricity capacity for 13,000 homes and businesses in Buckinghamshire.
🔗 Find out more here:www.ssen.co.uk/news-views/2026/Multi-mi...
⚡ What’s it like being a Trainee Engineer ?
🎥 Stewart shares how he started his career in Distribution before progressing into his role as a Plant Maintenance Engineer, telling us what it’s like learning on the job and working hands-on to keep the network running safely.
⚡ Why choose an apprenticeship?
🎥 Hannah, one of our Electrical Fitters, tells us why she chose the apprenticeship route and what it’s like learning hands-on out on the network, in a role that’s a world away from a traditional office job.
⚠️ Here's an update on Storm Chandra, which is moving across the country.
🌬️ We still have our 'Weather Warning' in place for the north of Scotland; and forecast wind speeds have increased. Gusts of 65pmh will be widespread; these will be strongest between noon and 6pm.
🔗 www.ssen.co.uk/storm
⚠️ Storm Chandra's been named by the @metoffice.gov.uk.
🌬️ It'll bring strong winds and heavy rain to the north of Scotland on Tuesday, so we're getting prepared.
👷 To find out more about how we're readying ourselves. and how you can be well prepared too, head over to www.ssen.co.uk/storm
We’re celebrating the first anniversary of our partnership with @ssencommunity.bsky.social, whose £10,000 support has helped Warm Welcome Spaces stay welcoming, safe and connected across the north of Scotland and central southern England.
Thank you, SSEN! 💜🧡🩷❤️
#WarmWelcomeWeek
⚡ Keeping the network safe, together
🎥 Duncan and Craig McKeitch are a father-and-son team who work side-by-side inspecting our power lines, wooden poles and substations, helping to keep electricity flowing safely to the communities we serve.
💡 We invest millions to keep our network resilient. When severe weather causes power cuts, supporting communities matters.
🥣🥪 Earlier this month, Pam Harvey joined a Soup & Sandwich session in Fort Augustus, alongside @highland.gov.uk and NHS Scotland, sharing practical resilience advice.
⚡ “It’s like the one in your house - but bigger"
🎥 Stewart Ovall, one of our Plant Maintenance Engineers, talks us through an 11kV circuit-breaker in this short video, explaining how these vital pieces of equipment help protect your network and keep electricity flowing safely to our communities.
🎥 In the first of our new series - “The people behind the power”, Duncan from our team has been out to meet some of our Maintenance and Inspection experts to see first hand the type of work they do, day-in, day-out, to help us power our communities.
🥳 A new year - and new investment for communities and companies in the Swindon area. We're investing £100m to provide more resilience, and more capacity, which will support greater customer choice and fresh business growth.
Read more here:
https://pulse.ly/ovfiy6xcfi
⚠️ High winds, low temperatures & more snow are due on Sunday & Monday in the north of Scotland. So, we’re now at Weather Warning status and getting ready, with more teams to get you reconnected if the power goes off, and to keep you informed while we do this.
⚡Read more at www.ssen.co.uk/storm
