Elektrizitätswerk Kematen

Elektrizitätswerk Kematen (also known as E-Werk Kematen) is the municipal electricity utility of Kematen in Tirol, Austria. According to its official website, it has supplied clean electrical energy to the community since 1904, originally generated from the power of the Sendersbach stream and later also from the Melach river. The utility is operated as a commercial enterprise of the municipality of Kematen, which is its 100% owner; under Austrian corporate tax law it is a corporation under public law. For value-added tax purposes, the "Gemeindewerke Kematen/Elektrizitätswerk" and the municipality of Kematen form a single entity with the VAT ID ATU 37649602. The utility's office is located at Messerschmittweg 44, 6175 Kematen in Tirol, and it can be reached by telephone at +43-(0)5232-2467 or by email at gemeindewerke.kematen@aon.at. Opening hours are Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 12:00, with afternoon appointments available by telephone; a 24-hour emergency service is maintained for technical emergencies. The utility is a member company of an association (the name of which is not fully specified in the available source). Its operations are focused on the local electricity supply of Kematen in Tirol, and its generation relies on renewable hydroelectric power from local watercourses.

Elektrizitätswerk Kematen traces its origins to 1904, when it began supplying clean electrical energy to the community of Kematen in Tirol. The original power source was the Sendersbach stream, and later the Melach river was also harnessed for hydroelectric generation. The utility has operated continuously for over a century, as stated on its official website. It is organized as a commercial operation (Betrieb der gewerblichen Art) of the municipality of Kematen, which owns 100% of it; under Austrian corporate tax law it is a corporation under public law (Körperschaft öffentlichen Rechts). For VAT purposes, the Gemeindewerke Kematen/Elektrizitätswerk and the municipality form a single entity with VAT ID ATU 37649602. The utility maintains a local office at Messerschmittweg 44 in Kematen and provides a 24-hour emergency service for technical incidents. It is a member company of an industry association, though the available source does not name it. No further dated milestones are provided in the available evidence.

• 1904

  Elektrizitätswerk Kematen begins supplying clean electrical energy to Kematen in Tirol, generated from the Sendersbach stream.

Local, community-owned provider of clean hydroelectric energy, serving Kematen in Tirol for over a century.

• Electricity from hydroelectric power

  Clean electrical energy generated from the Sendersbach stream and later the Melach river.

1. 1E-Werk Kematen – Energie für Kematen seit über 100 Jahrenewerk.kematenintirol.at
2. 2Wikidata entry Q136204155wikidata.org