On deregulation of the United Kingdom's electricity generation market the following year, Torness passed to the state-owned Scottish Nuclear, privatised as part of British Energy which was sold to the French company Électricité de France (EDF) in January 2009, and incorporated in the latter's UK subsidiary EDF Energy.

[10][11] In December 2024, in response to concerns over energy security following delays to the opening of Hinkley Point C, EDF announced that the life of Torness would be extended two years until March 2030.

[3] In January 2025, EDF stated that "their ambition is to generate beyond these dates [of March 2030], subject to plant inspections and regulatory oversight".

[16] Nuclear fuel for Torness power station can be delivered and removed via a loading/unloading facility on a branch from the adjacent East Coast Main Line.

[17] In November 1999, a Panavia Tornado F.3 of the Royal Air Force crashed into the North Sea less than 1 km from the power station following an engine failure.

The UK Ministry of Defence commended the two crew members for demonstrating "exceptional levels of airmanship and awareness in the most adverse of conditions", because they ensured that the Tornado was clear of the power station before abandoning the aircraft.

When it was taken apart, there was a fully developed fatigue related crack in a similar position to the first failure, but the prompt shutdown had prevented further damage.

[20] In June 2011, both reactors were manually shut down due to reduced flow of seawater after intakes were clogged by a large mass of jellyfish.