News Releases

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – By 2:00pm on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, another 6,300 members’ power had been restored – down from the previous report at 2:00pm on Sept. 5, 2022. Sunday’s devastating storm left more than 36,000 residents (82% of members) without power for 20 hours or more. On Monday afternoon, 8,000 members were without power, […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ.  – As a result of the recent wind storm and Energy Emergency, Mohave Electric Cooperative is asking its members to begin curtailing their energy use on Monday, September 5, 2022 and Tuesday, September 6, 2022. The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) announced on September 1 an energy emergency across 14 states. California, […]

Bullhead City, AZ –After a widespread storm that devastated MEC’s system, and damaged MEC’s transmission provider’s line, a majority of members’ power has now been restored. Line crews and the operations team worked around the clock to get to this point and will continue to repair the storm damage until every member has power. Last […]

Bullhead City, AZ – Approximately 36,000 residents of Bullhead City are out of power due to massive wind storm. This evening around 6:30 p.m., a wind storm took out more than 50 distribution poles which runs along a transmission provider line that’s now down too, Fortunately, no one was injured. Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) crews […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ.  – Record setting temperatures in the West are straining the energy supply in California according to the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), and although that could have an impact on Arizona, MEC CEO Tyler Carlson wants residential members of the cooperative to know that MEC has planned for this and there is […]

Bullhead City, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) is proud to announce our continuing sponsorship of the annual Washington Youth Tour. The year 2022 marked the return of the trip since the COVID-19 pandemic led to a statewide cancellation for the 2020 and 2021 Youth Tours. Applications will be accepted for the 2023 Washington Youth […]

Mohave Electric Cooperative first welcomed Tyler (Ty) Elizabeth Weldon to MEC’s accounting department in 2017. Over the past 5 years, Ty has served in multiple positions within MEC’s accounting department while furthering her cooperative education through NRECA’s MIP Select and Supervisor and Manager Development Program. Current CFO Arden Lauxman has officially announced his retirement after […]

Arizona Generation and Transmission Cooperatives gives back to member communities By. J.D. Wallace Not unlike many cities and towns that have a Main Street, the parade game is strong in Benson. Preparation for the Fourth of July is continuous, with a call for parade entries early in the year. During the parade, music and announcements […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ.  Mohave Electric Cooperative’s board of directors has authorized a capital credits return of $802,440.55 to members in 2022. MEC members who had electric service in 2000 or 2021 will receive their share as a check if their share is $10.00 or more. If the share is less than $10.00, active service accounts […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – A powerful storm in the area caused a major provider of electrical power to the Mohave Electric service territory to suffer a brief outage Sunday evening. The storm caused a circuit breaker to lock open at the Davis Dam substation resulting in a brief outage to 3,745 Mohave Electric Cooperative members […]