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Westnetz GmbH
legal form Company with limited liability
Seat Florianstrasse 15-21
44139 Dortmund
management
  • Jürgen Grönner
  • Stefan Küppers
  • Diddo Diddens
Number of employees 5,100 (2016)
sales EUR 5.8 billion (2016)
Branch Construction and operation of distribution networks for electricity, gas, water and district heating
Website www.westnetz.de

The headquarters of Westnetz in the former Telekom high-rise in Dortmund .

The West Netz GmbH is a German distribution network operator for electricity and gas based in Dortmund . The company is a subsidiary of the Innogy Group.

Company profile

With 5,100 employees and a covered area of ​​50,000 km², Westnetz is the largest distribution network operator in Germany and supplies around 7.5 million people with electricity, gas, water and district heating. As part of Innogy SE, Westnetz is responsible for planning, building, maintaining and operating a power grid of 185,000 kilometers and a gas network of around 28,000 kilometers, including the associated commercial and energy management functions.

Key figures:

Power line network (km)
electric wire Overhead line
High voltage network (HS) 001.994 13,867
Medium voltage network (MS) 038.905 09,884
Low voltage network (LV) 107.039 16,668
of which only house connection lines 027,664 03,917
without house connection lines 079,375 12,751
Total (184,795) 147.938 40,419
Gas pipeline network (km)
High pressure network 02.986
Medium pressure network (including house connection lines) 18,149
Low pressure network (including house connection lines) 03,572
total 24,707


Renewable energy systems Westnetz 153,912

history

Westnetz's direct predecessor companies were five companies in the RWE Group: the two distribution network companies Rhein-Ruhr distribution network and Westphalia-Weser-Ems distribution network , the two network service companies RWE Rhein-Ruhr Netzservice and RWE Westfalen-Weser-Ems Netzservice, and RWE customer service .

Westnetz GmbH was founded on January 1, 2013, but is based on over 100 years of RWE and VEW network history. The name Westnetz was chosen because after unbundling in energy law, network operation must be legally separate from the so-called supplier market role and this must also be expressed in the company name.

The former Telekom high-rise in Dortmund serves as the company's headquarters .

Web links

Commons : Westnetz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Westnetz - company presentation.
  2. ↑ FAQ question (open) "Why is Westnetz not called RWE?" (Accessed on May 17, 2017)

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '52.4 "  N , 7 ° 28' 17.4"  E