Press Releases

• ScottishPower Organisational Announcement 17 December 2004 In a move designed to further improve the operational performance at PacifiCorp, ScottishPower announced today that, with effect from 1 January 2005, Ronnie Mercer, currently Group Director, Infrastructure Division, will be appointed Executive Vice President, Operations, PacifiCorp.
• ScottishPower Overhauls Windfarm Plans 14 December 2004  Three times more local residents support ScottishPower's proposals than oppose
  ScottishPower today announced it has revised plans to build a new windfarm in Dumfries and Galloway after consulting with local people, the council and other organisations.
• ScottishPower's PPM to Build 150 MW Windfarm 14 December 2004 ScottishPower today announced that its US competitive subsidiary, PPM Energy (PPM), plans to build a new 150 MW windfarm in Kansas, and has signed a 20-year contract for the output with a regional utility.
• ScottishPower Welcomes Judicial Go-Ahead for Gas Storage Facility 9 December 2004 ScottishPower today welcomed the High Court's decision on planning permission for a £100m underground natural gas storage facility at Byley, Cheshire.
• ScottishPower Recruits Energy Consumer Champion 2 December 2004 ScottishPower is today (2 December) pleased to announce the appointment of one of Scotland's leading champions of energy consumer rights as its new Head of External Business and Community Relations.
• ScottishPower's PacifiCorp files rate case request in Oregon for $102 million 11 November 2004 ScottishPower announces that on 12 November 2004 its US regulated subsidiary, PacifiCorp, filed a general rate case request with the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) for approximately $102 million related to increases in operating costs, including fuel, purchased power, pension and other employee benefit costs.
• ScottishPower's PPM to Add 175 MW of Windpower After PTC Ruling 5 October 2004 ScottishPower today announced that its US competitive subsidiary, PPM Energy (PPM), is planning to build two new windfarms generating a combined 175 MW following approval of the Production Tax Credit in Congress.
• ScottishPower Adds 200 MW With Brighton Plant Purchase 28 September 2004 ScottishPower is pleased to announce the purchase of the remaining 50% of Brighton Power Station, a modern 400 MW CCGT plant, and associated contracts, including the benefit of a long-term gas supply agreement, from American Electric Power (AEP) for around £26 million in cash.  
• ScottishPower Raises Prices, Extends Capped Offer 17 September 2004 ScottishPower today announced increased gas and electricity prices plus an extension of its capped price offer, which allows customers to keep prices at current levels until January 2006.
• ScottishPower's PacifiCorp Awarded $9.25 Million Increase in Wyoming Pass-on Request 16 September 2004 ScottishPower announces that on 14 September 2004 its PacifiCorp subsidiary was awarded $9.25 million by the Wyoming Public Service Commission related to increased net wholesale purchased power costs following a settlement to PacifiCorp's pass on application.
• ScottishPower Freezes Pre-Payment Prices Until March 2005 8 September 2004 ScottishPower today announced that the price of electricity and gas for its existing 570,000 prepayment customers would remain unchanged over the winter until next March despite the soaring cost of wholesale energy.
• Highland Go-Ahead for a £25m ScottishPower Windfarm 18 August 2004 Highland Council today (18 August) granted planning permission for ScottishPower's proposed 30MW windfarm at Beinn Tharsuinn near Alness, in Easter Ross.
• ScottishPower's PacifiCorp Subsidiary Files General Rate Case Request in Utah for $111 million 5 August 2004 ScottishPower announces that on 4 August 2004 its subsidiary, PacifiCorp, filed a general rate case request with the Utah Public Service Commission for approximately $111 million related to capital investments and increases in operating costs, including fuel, purchased power, and other business costs.
• Energy Minister Opens ScottishPower Windfarm 6 July 2004 Lewis Macdonald , Deputy Minister for Enterprise & Lifelong Learning, today officially opened ScottishPower's Cruach Mhor windfarm near Glendaruel in Argyll.
• ScottishPower And Manweb Ready For New Market In Domestic Metering 16 June 2004 ScottishPower and its subsidiary, Manweb, are among the first electricity companies to gain approval to enter the new market for electricity metering services to domestic and small business customers which was opened up to competition this week.
• ScottishPower Announce Plans To Dismantle Kincardine Power Station 16 June 2004 ScottishPower has announced plans to dismantle Kincardine Power Station in Fife, a major provider of Scotland's energy in the late '60s and 70s, because of increasing maintenance costs.
• ScottishPower Announces Plan for Windfarm in Central Scotland 16 June 2004 ScottishPower has announced a £70 million plan to build a large windfarm on the site of an abandoned open cast mine at Black Law near the village of Forth in South Lanarkshire.
• ScottishPower Given Go Ahead to Develop Windfarm in Irish Sea 16 June 2004 ScottishPower's renewable energy business received a further boost today (Thursday) with the announcement by the Crown Estate that it has been given permission to explore the feasibility of a large wind generation project in the Irish Sea off the Blackpool coast.
• Public Support for Whitelee Windfarm Plan 16 June 2004 Description:   ScottishPower's plans for a windfarm at Whitelee Forest, 10 miles south of Glasgow, have received considerable support from the public who attended the company's roadshow into the £150m project.
• Royal Recognition for Enteprise Eric 16 June 2004 Longannet Power Station's former engineering manager Eric Smith was hauled reluctantly into the limelight when ScottishPower was presented with Queen's Award for Enterprise
• Scottish Invention Heralds Lower Winter Deaths Toll With World's First Cold Alarm 16 June 2004 The world's first Cold Alarm to alert householders when their homes become dangerously cold was unveiled today (Tues 23 May) by Scots inventor Joan Young and ScottishPower.
• ScottishPower Commits Future Business to Countrys First Wind Turbine 16 June 2004 Leading UK windfarm developer ScottishPower has pledged significant business to Scotland's first wind turbine factory, announced today by the Scottish Executive for Machrihanish, near Campbeltown, in Argyll.
• ScottishPower Creates 100 New Jobs 16 June 2004 ScottishPower has launched a drive to recruit 100 people to work at its new Customer Relationship Management Centre in Falkirk. The centre is the company's first telephone sales centre, selling electricity and gas to consumers and small businesses across the UK.
• ScottishPower Customers Sign Up To Online Energy Savings 16 June 2004 ScottishPower takes energy savings onto the Internet this week with the launch of its new-look 'For Home' website.
• ScottishPower Donate £1/2 Million For Energy Action Scotland's Warmth For The Millennium Project 16 June 2004 ScottishPower and Energy Action Scotland (EAS) have joined forces to launch a new project, "Warmth for the Millennium", aimed at taking 2000 households in Scotland out of fuel poverty over the next five years by offering a full range of insulation measures, heating systems and energy advice.
• ScottishPower Raises Over £150,000 At Michael Ball Charity Concert 16 June 2004 Last night at a packed Edinburgh Festival Theatre, ScottishPower raised over £150,000 for charity at a special concert starring Michael Ball and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The concert, attended by 1800 people, was in aid of the company's charity initiative, PowerPartners.
• ScottishPower Has Socks Appeal 16 June 2004 Staff at ScottishPower are celebrating 'sock-sess' after raising more than £1,200 for charity.
• ScottishPower New Deal Offers Career Start For 250 Young People 16 June 2004 Secretary of State for Scotland Donald Dewar on Monday officially launches ScottishPower's New Deal programme, the biggest in Scotland, which will provide places for 250 unemployed young people.
• ScottishPower Retail Depot Opened At Mossend Eurocentral 16 June 2004 ScottishPowers new £5m retail distribution and service centre in the Eurocentral complex at Mossend near Glasgow was formally opened today (Tuesday 24 February) by Brian Wilson MP, Scottish Minister for Education and Industry.
• ScottishPower Spearheads Drive To Advise Businesses On The Climate Change Levy 16 June 2004 ScottishPower in partnership with the Scottish Energy Office of the Scottish Executive today launched a nationwide campaign to make businesses aware of the introduction of the Government's Climate Change Levy (CCL) - the new Levy set to be imposed from 1st April next year on the business use of energy.
• ScottishPower Sponsors Playground Improvements For Borders Schools 16 June 2004 The playground environments of nine Borders schools are to be improved thanks to £8,000 of funding from ScottishPower in support of the Borders Forest Trust's School Grounds for the Future project.
• ScottishPower Supports New Scheme for Accredited Sales People 16 June 2004 ScottishPower is pleased to announce it's support for EnergySure, a new scheme to ensure the quality of sales services provided by the energy industry and address public concerns on mis-selling.
• ScottishPower Switches On To Home Telecom Market 16 June 2004 ScottishPower has joined forces with the voice, data, Internet and interactive services provider, Thus, to launch a new, fixed-line phone service offering domestic customers savings of more than one-third against BT's standard tariff.
• ScottishPower To Create 300 New Jobs 16 June 2004 One of the UK's leading domestic appliance retailers, ScottishPower, is set to top the 200 stores milestone by the end of this calendar year, creating up to 300 new jobs across the UK.
• ScottishPower To Invest Tens Of Millions To Protect Against Severe Weather 16 June 2004 ScottishPower is investing tens of millions of pounds over the next two years to improve the performance of its electricity system during severe weather.
• ScottishPower To Protect Rural Network Against Tree Damage 16 June 2004 ScottishPower has launched a "Rural Care" programme to protect 4000 km or so of its most vulnerable overhead circuits in Scotland and its Manweb territory (or 8 per cent of the total network length of 45,000 km) against damage from falling trees.
• ScottishPower To Use Underground Reservoir For Gas Storage 16 June 2004 In the first development of its kind in the UK, ScottishPower has signed an initial agreement with Edinburgh Oil and Gas (EOG) to convert a near-empty Yorkshire gas field into a giant storage facility for ScottishPower gas. The project is subject to feasibility studies currently underway.
• Secretary Of State Opens ScottishPower Low-Emission Plant 16 June 2004 ScottishPowers pioneering low-emission project at Longannet power station, a £28m initiative backed by the European Union, was formally commissioned today (Friday 14 November) by the Secretary of State for Scotland, Donald Dewar.
• Securing The Future Of UK Small Business 16 June 2004 Work24, a joint venture from ScottishPower and The Royal Bank of Scotland, unites the power of the Internet with UK small business on one free site The joint venture company formed between ScottishPower and The Royal Bank of Scotland today announced the launch of their new small business portal, www.Work24.co.uk. The portal, the joint venture's first website, is targeted at the UK's 3.6 million small and medium sized businesses and features a range of products and services centred on satisfying small business needs.
• The EAGA Partnership And ScottishPower Form New Company To Combat Fuel Poverty 16 June 2004 The Eaga Partnership and ScottishPower today [Tuesday] announced the formation of a joint venture company, N.E.S.T.MAKERS Limited, to provide disadvantaged households with budgeted fuel supplies and help with home energy efficiency measures and grants.
• ScottishPower Wins International "Edison Award" for Improved Customer Service, Strong Financial Performance 9 June 2004 ORLANDO (June 8, 2004) In recognition of the company's strong operational performance in delivering improved customer service while achieving excellent financial growth, ScottishPower has taken top honors in the international category for the electric power industry's highest honor, the Edison Award.
• ScottishPower Announces £400M Plan to Rewire Scotland 4 June 2004 ScottishPower today announced a £400m plan to upgrade high-voltage transmission lines as part of the Government's initiative to rewire the UK for renewable energy.
• ScottishPower Buys Damhead Creek Power Station 2 June 2004 ScottishPower is pleased to announce the purchase of the 800MW Damhead Creek CCGT power plant and associated contracts, including the benefit of a long-term gas supply agreement, from its creditor banks for approximately £317 million in cash.
• 2003/04 Preliminary Results including Fourth Quarter to 31 March 2004 25 May 2004
• ScottishPower Given Go-Ahead For Gas Storage Facility 19 May 2004 ScottishPower has been granted planning permission by the Government to build a £100m underground natural gas storage facility that will help the UK meet future demand as gas imports rise.
  
  
• ScottishPower's PacifiCorp Identifies New Plant Resource 10 May 2004 ScottishPower's US regulated subsidiary, PacifiCorp, today announced it has approved  the development and construction of a new 534 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) generation plant to be located near Salt Lake City, Utah, named Lake Side.
• ScottishPower Appoints Two Non-executive Directors 29 April 2004 ScottishPower is today pleased to announce the appointment of two non-executive directors whose combined experience ranges widely across US business, government and community affairs.
• First Coal Delivery In New Seven-Year Power Contract 22 April 2004 The first shipment of coal under a new seven-year logistics contract between ScottishPower and Clydeport was landed at Hunterston on the Ayrshire coast at the weekend for rail delivery to Longannet power station in Fife.
• ScottishPower Wins Approval for Major US Power Plant 8 March 2004 ScottishPower's PacifiCorp subsidiary has been granted approval by the Utah Public Service Commission (UPSC) to begin construction of a new 525 MW gas-fired power plant, 75 miles south of Salt Lake City.
• ScottishPower's PacifiCorp Granted $23 Million in Wyoming General Rate Case 3 March 2004 ScottishPower today announces that on 2 March the Wyoming Public Service Commission (WPSC) granted approximately $23 million of additional annual revenues to its PacifiCorp subsidiary.
• Work Finished at Latest ScottishPower Windfarm 27 February 2004 ScottishPower has announced the completion of the 35 turbine Cruach Mhor windfarm in Argyll. The final turbine was erected today bringing on 30MW of green energy, enough to power over 17,000 homes.
  
• ScottishPower Wins Approval for Biggest UK Windfarm 13 February 2004 ScottishPower has been granted planning permission by the Scottish Executive for a 143MW, 62 turbine windfarm around 20 miles west of Edinburgh. The Black Law project - the largest onshore windfarm in the UK approved to date will start generating power in spring 2005.
• PacifiCorp Seeks Bids for 1,100MW of Green Energy 11 February 2004 ScottishPower's Oregon-based subsidiary, PacifiCorp, today announced a Request For Proposals (RFP) for up to 1,100 MW of renewable power over the next seven years, one of the biggest green initiatives of its kind in the US.