Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks
Alastair McKenzie currently serves as a Senior Strategic Energy Planning Specialist in Transmission at Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks since June 2025. Previously, Alastair held the position of Senior Project Manager in Project Development & Delivery and Project Development Manager at SSE Energy Solutions from February 2023 to June 2025. Alastair has extensive experience in senior management roles, including Senior Manager of Capital Project Delivery at Heriot-Watt University from February 2020 to February 2023 and Associate at Ramboll from January 2015 to February 2020, where responsibilities included managing diverse sectors such as airport development and energy infrastructure. Prior roles included Senior Principal Consultant at Halcrow and Project Manager of Business Infrastructure at Scottish Enterprise. Alastair holds a BA Hons in Environmental Planning from the University of Strathclyde and a PG in Land Economy/Urban Property Appraisal from the University of West of Scotland.
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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks
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We're responsible for maintaining the electricity networks supplying over 3.9 million homes and businesses across central southern England and north of the Central Belt of Scotland. Our skilled teams are based right across the regions we serve, from the bustle of West London to the smallest villages in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. They are supported by engineering and customer service teams based in major offices and depots in centres like Reading, Portsmouth, Perth and Inverness. - Over 4,000 employees, working from 85 depots and offices in the heart of the community. - 130,000km of overhead lines and underground cables - 106,000 substations - Over 100 subsea cables, powering island communities -3.7m customers served by our networks across central southern England (over 2.9m) and the north of Scotland (740,000) - Last year we handled over 550,000 calls from our customers, over 1,500 a day - Last year we gave £1m to local community projects through our Resilient Communities Fund - Over 450,000 vulnerable customers identified on our Priority Services Register with 11,000 assisted during power outages last year We also manage the transmission network for northern Scotland. Safety is our number one priority, we aim to provide a safe and reliable supply of electricity to the communities we serve in Scotland and England, whilst still delivering a 10 out of 10 service.