SSE PLC ( LON:SSE ) has been hit with a £2.1mln fine as it becomes the first company in Europe penalised by an energy watchdog for failing to publish inside information about the wholesale energy market. The fine imposed by Ofgem related to the signing on March 16, 2016, by SSE of an agreement with National Grid to provide a 'black start' emergency capability from one of its three generating units at its Fiddler's Ferry power station from the following month, having previously reported that the units were likely to close from that date.