Stadtwerke Weinheim
Municipal utility company supplying electricity, gas, heat and related services to Weinheim, Germany.
Last updated September 26, 2026
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Overview
Stadtwerke Weinheim is the municipal utility company (Stadtwerke) serving the town of Weinheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As a local Stadtwerk, it is owned by the municipality and operates as a multi-utility provider, delivering electricity and natural gas to households and businesses in and around Weinheim. Its service portfolio extends beyond pure energy supply to include heat and the local heating transition (Wärmewende), electric mobility charging infrastructure, and customer services such as meter reading, relocation notifications, and fault reporting for public street lighting. The company markets its regional energy offering under the Woinergy brand, positioning it as "energy from the region for the region." This regional branding is central to its identity as a municipal utility: it emphasizes local generation, local supply, and local customer relationships rather than competing purely on national price. Stadtwerke Weinheim also operates a customer portal that lets customers manage their contract data online, and it provides online tools such as a electricity calculator (Stromrechner) and gas calculator (Gasrechner) to help customers choose tariffs. In addition to conventional electricity and gas tariffs, Stadtwerke Weinheim is active in the energy transition at the municipal level. It runs a dedicated heat portal (Wärmeportal) and promotes the "Wärmewende Weinheim" initiative, inviting residents to register and participate in shaping the local heating transition. The company also supports electric mobility by offering discounted charging at its own EV charging stations for its customers. It operates a customer center and cash desk in Weinheim, with published opening hours and telephone and email contact channels, and it offers video customer consultation. As a municipal utility, Stadtwerke Weinheim is part of the broader German Stadtwerke landscape — locally rooted, publicly owned, and typically involved in electricity distribution, gas supply, and increasingly in heat planning, energy efficiency services, and e-mobility. Its public communications highlight local infrastructure work, such as construction and street works, and community facilities, reflecting its role as a civic service provider rather than a purely commercial energy retailer.
History
Stadtwerke Weinheim is the municipal utility company of Weinheim, a town in the Rhein-Neckar region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Like many German Stadtwerke, it developed as the local, municipally owned provider of essential energy services — electricity and gas — to the town and its surrounding area. Such utilities emerged from the late 19th and early 20th century wave of municipal infrastructure building, when towns established their own gasworks and power stations to supply households, street lighting and local industry. Stadtwerke Weinheim continues that tradition as a publicly owned local supplier. Over time, the German energy market changed substantially. Liberalization in the late 1990s opened electricity and gas retail to competition, requiring municipal utilities to operate more commercially while retaining their public-service role. Stadtwerke Weinheim responded by building a customer-facing brand and service offering: online tariff calculators, a customer portal for managing contracts, and clear service channels for relocation, meter readings and street-lighting faults. It also adopted the regional energy brand Woinergy, marketed as "energy from the region for the region," to differentiate itself from national competitors. In the 2010s and 2020s, the focus of German municipal utilities shifted toward the energy transition (Energiewende) and especially the heating transition (Wärmewende). Stadtwerke Weinheim launched a dedicated heat portal and the "Wärmewende Weinheim" initiative, inviting residents to register and participate in planning the town's future heat supply. It also moved into electric mobility, offering discounted charging at its own EV charging stations for customers. These activities reflect the broader transformation of Stadtwerke from pure electricity and gas suppliers into local energy-transition service providers. Stadtwerke Weinheim also acts as a civic operator beyond energy. Its public communications include community facilities such as the HaWei indoor pool and local infrastructure works such as construction in Blücherstraße, underlining its role as a municipal service provider. The company maintains a customer center and cash desk in Weinheim with published opening hours, telephone and email contact, and video customer consultation. As a municipal company, it is owned by the town of Weinheim and is not listed on a stock exchange.
Announced that the HaWei indoor pool opens on 3 October.
Announced construction work in Blücherstraße starting 23 September.
Products and positioning
Regional municipal multi-utility: "energy from the region for the region," combining electricity, gas, heat and e-mobility services for Weinheim.
Woinergy regional energy
Regional energy brand marketed as "energy from the region for the region."
Stromrechner (electricity calculator)
Online tool for comparing and choosing electricity tariffs.
Gasrechner (gas calculator)
Online tool for comparing and choosing gas tariffs.
Wärmeportal / Wärmewende Weinheim
Heat portal and initiative for the local heating transition, with registration for residents.
EV charging
Discounted charging at Stadtwerke E-charging stations for customers.
Customer portal
Online portal for managing contract data.
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