News Releases

Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC), a not-for-profit electric cooperative, is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors elected by and from its membership. Three directors, one from each of MEC’s three districts, are elected each year to serve staggered three-year terms. As MEC prepares for the 2026 election cycle, MEC is providing members with a summary […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) awarded eighteen $200 Classroom Grants to educators for financial assistance in making classroom learning more engaging. Thirty-two applicants competed for the eighteen available grants. A team at MEC evaluated the projects submitted by educators basing their grading on creativity, following application instructions, classroom integration, as well as […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – On Tuesday, February 10 at 4:39 p.m., a member was trimming a tree when a large tree limb fell onto a power line causing an outage for 898 members on the north side of Hancock Road, from Lakeside Drive to Riverfront Drive. Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) crews confirmed there was no damage […]

News Releases – Mohave Electric Cooperative, Inc. VEHICLE STRIKES POWER POLE BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – On Monday, January 5 at 6:14 p.m., a vehicle struck a power pole near the intersection of Courtright Road and Kingman Drive in Mohave Valley. Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) crews loaded a replacement pole and arrived on scene at approximately […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ. – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) would like to remind its members of potential scams, over the phone, online, mail, and in person at their home. We have been notified of potential scams targeting our members. Calls coming from an 866-676-3872 number are falsely stating they are Mohave Electric. We would like to remind […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) has been awarded $4,726,916 in grant funds through the Arizona Grid Resilience Grant Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy to administer a grant on behalf of three cooperative electric utilities: MEC, Graham County Electric Cooperative (GCEC), and Duncan Valley Electric Cooperative (DVEC). The grant supports grid resilience […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – December 1, 2025, was an exciting afternoon for seven local eleventh-grade students. The students, whose parents, or guardians are MEC members, were selected to represent Mohave Electric Cooperative in the annual Washington Youth Tour. Six of the top presenting students were awarded the D.C. trip sponsored by MEC. For the second year […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Due to high winds, there have been multiple outages in the last two days for Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members. On Tuesday, January 7, for approximately 10 minutes, 1,686 members were affected near Silver Creek in Bullhead City. Crews repaired a primary line when two primary phases made contact. Unrelated to […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Wednesday, November 6, at 6:04 a.m. the high winds blew debris into an MEC substation causing damage to the energized equipment. This outage affected 19,952 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members in the Bullhead City and Fort Mohave areas of the western service territory. Once the crews cleared the debris, they […]

Bullhead City, AZ – At 1:07 p.m., an outage occurred for approximately 3,600 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members in Fort Mohave and Bullhead City areas. An issue with an underground line caused the self-protection automatic system to activate cutting power to 3,600 meters. Underground system issues are difficult to detect. Crews located the issue, made […]