OREANDA-NEWS. May 5, 2012. SSE Plc has received a fine of 1.25M at Guildford Crown Court after being found guilty in May 2011 on two counts out of seven in a case brought against it by Surrey County Council Trading Standards relating to the use of doorstep sales aids in 2009.

It will not exercise its legal option to challenge the level of the fine, and will pay it in full.

In July 2011 SSE became the first energy supplier in Great Britain to cease doorstep selling of electricity and gas.

Director of Sales, Marketing and Energy Service, Stephen Forbes said: “We accept that a company of SSE’s standing and with SSE’s values should not have found itself in this position and we are very sorry that it did. Energy sales in SSE have been transformed in the three years since this case started and customers should have absolute trust in SSE and complete confidence in the products and service we offer.