ÜZ Mainfranken

ÜZ Mainfranken — short for Überlandzentrale Mainfranken — is a regional energy cooperative (Genossenschaft) based in the Mainfranken area of Bavaria, Germany. It describes itself as the region's energy supplier and a modern energy service provider, combining a long local tradition with a cooperative ownership model. The organisation traces its roots to 1910 and today employs more than 200 people who serve customers across its network area. While electricity supply remains the foundation of the business, ÜZ Mainfranken has expanded well beyond "just" power. It invests significantly in the expansion of renewable energy generation locally, builds out a fibre-optic network for high-speed internet, supports climate-neutral heating solutions, and continuously develops charging infrastructure for everyday electric mobility. The cooperative states that it has been committed to sustainability for more than 30 years and that, on a balance basis, its network area already generates more renewable electricity than it consumes; it says it reached the German federal government's 2045 climate targets as early as 2016. As a cooperative, ÜZ Mainfranken is owned by its members rather than by public shareholders, and it positions itself as a partner rooted in the region. Its mission emphasises equal living conditions between town and country, sustainability, closeness to people, and regional added value. It offers services for private customers, businesses, builders, self-generators of electricity, installers, municipalities and energy suppliers, including online customer portals, fault reporting, tariff selection and photovoltaic registration. The cooperative is also active in social and community engagement, sponsoring clubs and events, supporting kindergartens and schools, and training young people. It reports investing more than €20 million annually in its region, including wages and salaries for local employees and contracts awarded to regional firms. Its product and service range spans electricity tariffs (including 100% green electricity), photovoltaic and self-generation services, smart metering, grid operation, broadband, heating solutions and e-mobility charging.

ÜZ Mainfranken, whose name stands for Überlandzentrale Mainfranken, traces its origins to 1910, when it began operating as a regional electricity supplier in the Mainfranken area of Bavaria, Germany. Over more than a century it built and maintained an electricity network that became the stable foundation of its business, serving households, businesses, municipalities and other customers across the region. The organisation developed as a cooperative (Genossenschaft), a structure that gives it a distinct ownership and governance model: it is owned by its members rather than by stock market investors, and it presents itself as rooted in and accountable to the local community. This cooperative identity shapes both its business decisions and its community engagement. More than 30 years ago, according to the cooperative, it committed itself to sustainability. It reports that its network area already generates, on a balance basis, more renewable electricity than it consumes, and that it reached the German federal government's climate targets for 2045 as early as 2016. This early focus on renewable generation became a defining feature of the brand. In the decades around the turn of the millennium and after, ÜZ Mainfranken broadened from a pure electricity supplier into a diversified regional energy service provider. It invested significantly in expanding renewable energy generation locally, built out a fibre-optic network to bring high-speed internet to the region, engaged in climate-neutral heating solutions, and steadily developed charging infrastructure for electric mobility. It also moved into services around self-generation, including photovoltaic registration and feed-in remuneration, and into smart metering. By the 2020s the cooperative employed more than 200 people and served a wide range of customer groups: private customers, businesses, builders, self-generators of electricity, installers, municipalities and energy suppliers. It operates online services such as a customer portal, online change requests, fault reporting for the electricity network and street lighting, and information on current construction works. Its public communications include the publication ÜZ:NAH and regular news items on topics such as smart meters, grid development, climate protection networks and community events. ÜZ Mainfranken also emphasises its regional economic and social role. It reports investing more than €20 million annually in its region, including roughly €8.7 million in wages and salaries for local employees and about €7.5 million in regionally awarded contracts. Its social engagement includes sponsoring clubs and events, supporting kindergartens and schools, offering educational programmes about energy, and providing apprenticeships for young people. Through these activities it positions itself not only as an energy utility but as a committed partner for the liveability and future of Mainfranken.

• 2026

  ÜZ Mainfranken informs about the regular smart meter rollout and DMG offers.

• 2016

  According to the cooperative, it reaches the German federal government's 2045 climate targets.

• 1910

  ÜZ Mainfranken begins operating as a regional electricity supplier in Mainfranken.

Regional, cooperative energy service provider combining reliable electricity supply with renewable energy, broadband, heating and e-mobility services for Mainfranken.

• 100% Naturstrom

  Green electricity tariff.

• Photovoltaic online registration portal

  Online portal guiding customers from PV registration to feed-in remuneration payment.

• Smart metering

  Regular smart meter rollout and related offers.

• Fibre-optic broadband

  Expansion of a fibre-optic network for high-speed internet.

• Electric mobility charging infrastructure

  Development of charging infrastructure for everyday electric mobility.

• Climate-neutral heating solutions

  Engagement in climate-neutral heat solutions.

1. 1ÜZ Mainfranken - ÜZ Mainfrankenuez.de
2. 2Über uns - ÜZ Mainfrankenuez.de
3. 3Onlineservices - ÜZ Mainfrankenuez.de
4. 4Soziales Engagement - Über uns - ÜZ Mainfrankenuez.de
5. 5ÜZ Mainfrankenwikidata.org