The company has also launched an awareness campaign to help its customers also become ‘winter-ready’.
The ongoing investment programme in the electricity distribution network includes flood prevention measures, refurbishment and replacement of poles and extensive tree cutting to prevent falling branches.
The investment was split across SSEN’s two distribution network areas with a £44m ($47.3m) spend in the north of Scotland and a further £107m ($115m) in the central southern England.
SSEN has also launched its Winter Ready Campaign to encourage its customers to start preparing for winter and get resilient plans in place ahead of any adverse weather.
Running until February 2017, the 'We’re ready for winter. Are you?' campaign features artwork from the children of SSEN employees, with the drawings and messages reflecting the work their parents do 365 days a year to keep the lights on for SSEN’s 3.7 million customers.
The campaign also provides customers with practical tips on how to prepare for a power cut or emergency weather situation and promotes the new free-to-dial single emergency number for reporting power cuts – 105.
This memorable three-digit number will directly route customers to the network operator for their area.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks managing director, Colin Nicol said: “We want our customers to be safe in the knowledge that we are doing all we can to keep their power on this winter. We have made it a priority to arm them with the information and the services they need to see them through the worst that the British winter can throw at them.
“While the campaign runs through the winter months, our commitment to building the resilience of our networks – and the resilience of the communities who rely on those networks – runs throughout the year.”
