Stadtwerke Harsewinkel

Stadtwerke Harsewinkel is the municipal utility company (Stadtwerke) of Harsewinkel, a town in the Gütersloh district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. As a local Stadtwerk, it supplies households and businesses in its service area with electricity, natural gas, drinking water and related municipal services, and it operates or participates in the local energy distribution network. Its activities are typical of German municipal utilities: energy retail, network operation, water supply, and increasingly services around metering, energy efficiency and renewable generation. The company is closely linked to the metering service provider netzplus GmbH & Co. KG, which operates in its network area. In public communications, Stadtwerke Harsewinkel and netzplus jointly warn customers about misleading advertising for smart meters, pointing out that the legally required rollout of intelligent metering systems is carried out free of charge by the responsible metering point operator. This reflects the company's role as a trusted local utility and its engagement with the statutory smart-meter rollout in Germany. Stadtwerke Harsewinkel is a municipal company, typically owned by the town of Harsewinkel, and is not listed on a stock exchange. Its customer base is local, and its brand is built on regional presence, reliability of supply and direct customer service. The company maintains a website at stadtwerke-harsewinkel.de and provides customer service by telephone and email.

Stadtwerke Harsewinkel is the municipal utility of Harsewinkel, a town in the Gütersloh district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Like many German Stadtwerke, it was established to provide local public services — electricity, gas and water — under municipal ownership, ensuring that supply infrastructure and customer relationships remain in local hands. The exact founding date is not provided in the available evidence. Over time, the company has adapted to the liberalisation of the German energy market, the separation of network operation from energy retail, and the growing importance of metering and digital services. It works with netzplus GmbH & Co. KG, a metering service provider active in its network area. In recent years, the statutory rollout of intelligent metering systems (smart meters) has become a significant operational topic. Stadtwerke Harsewinkel and netzplus have publicly warned customers about misleading advertising from third parties such as DMG Deutsche Messwesen, which sent mailings encouraging households to install smart meters at a potential cost, even though the rollout by the responsible metering point operator is free of charge. The utility emphasised that affected customers are informed in writing by netzplus and that ongoing costs depend on energy consumption, typically between 40 and 50 euros for private households. The company remains a local, municipally owned utility, not listed on a stock exchange, and continues to focus on reliable supply and direct customer service in Harsewinkel.

• Stadtwerke Harsewinkel and netzplus warn customers about paid smart-meter advertising by DMG Deutsche Messwesen.

Local, municipally owned utility focused on reliable supply and customer service in Harsewinkel.

• Electricity supply

  Retail electricity supply to households and businesses in Harsewinkel.

• Natural gas supply

  Retail natural gas supply in the local service area.

• Drinking water supply

  Municipal drinking water supply.

• Smart metering

  Information and support regarding the statutory rollout of intelligent metering systems, in cooperation with netzplus.

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