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Extreme Storm Causes Power Outages for 4,534 MEC Members
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Storms with heavy rain, high wind, and lightning strikes caused seven separate power outages throughout Mohave Electric Cooperative’s (MEC) eastern & western service territory from Valle Vista, Peach Springs, to Hualapai, and areas of Mohave Valley,…
1,280 MEC Members Without Power Due to Underground Fault
Bullhead City, AZ – On Tuesday, July 19, at 8:33 a.m., 1,280 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members experienced an outage due to an underground fault. The outage affected members near McCormick Boulevard along the Highway 68 neighboring community. MEC’s substation…
Tree Makes Contact with Power Line Causing Outage
Bullhead City, AZ – On Monday, July 11 at 2:17 p.m., 130 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members in Mohave Valley lost power due to a tree limb on an electrical line, causing a system protection device to operate. The area…
MEC Files Rate Application with Focus on Continued Affordability for Members
Bullhead City, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) has applied to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) for a rate case to bring their margins back to the required levels while recovering past expenditures and continuing to ensure resources for load…
Mohave Electric Cooperative Awards $3,600 in Grants to Teachers
Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) awarded eighteen $200 classroom grants to educators in need of financial assistance in making classroom learning more engaging. 18 of the 28 applications were awarded. A team at MEC evaluated the projects submitted by educators based…
Availability & Cost of Energy
Availability and Cost of Energy Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) prides itself on providing reliable, affordable power to its members. As we approach the summer, MEC is bringing to our members’ attention three “out of our control” factors that have arisen…
2022 Mohave Electric Scholarship Winners
MEC gives local students $5,000 with new scholarship program Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) is proud to announce two student winners for MEC’s brand new 2022 Scholarship Program. Thanks to MEC’s executive leadership, students in MEC’s service territory attending a higher…
How will this affect my large business?
The Cost of Service Study showed that large commercial and industrial members do not need an increase in their Customer Charge and like all members will receive a reduction in their energy rate. The average large business member uses 61,131…
How will this affect my small business?
The proposal is for the small commercial business Customer Charge to be raised from 23.75 to 34.58, however, the rate per kWh to drop from $0.103487 to $0.096777. What does that mean? The $10.83 increase in the Customer Charge will…
Don’t members with solar reduce MEC’s fixed costs?
No. They do reduce the energy load, but only when solar is producing. At night and during cloudy times, solar isn’t producing, and solar members still rely on the transmission lines, poles, equipment and more. Those are the fixed costs…