SSE Plc engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity. The company is headquartered in Perth, Perthshire and currently employs 12,039 full-time employees. The firm's segments include Networks, which consists of electricity distribution, electricity transmission and gas distribution; Retail, which consists of energy supply, enterprise and energy-related services, and Wholesale, which consists of energy portfolio management and electricity generation, gas storage and gas production. The Networks segment is engaged in the distribution of electricity to customer premises in the North of Scotland and the South of England. Its Retail segment supplies electricity and gas to residential and business customers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Wholesale segment is engaged in the generation of power from renewable and thermal plant in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe, and the procurement and optimization of power and gas and other commodity requirements.