News Releases

Bullhead City, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) is proud to announce the 2022 MEC Scholarship Program, a new grant program for students within the MEC service area attending college in 2022 fall semester or quarter. Students attending college are eligible to apply for assistance up to $5,000. All applications must be received by 5 […]

The evening of January 10, 2022 was an exciting night for 4 local eleventh grade students. The students, whose parents, or guardians are Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members, were selected to represent MEC in the annual Washington Youth Tour. The week-long excursion allows the students to interact with others from all over the country, visit […]

One of the 7 Cooperative Principles that Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) strives to meet, and exceed at, is “Commitment to Community”. This means that MEC and our employees support local causes through charitable contributions, volunteerism, and other activities that make a positive difference. At Mohave Electric, our community commitment is an integral part of where […]

Transformer changeout involves meticulous planning and flawless execution By Geoff Oldfather It’s not easy to move a transformer. For starters, there is the sheer size and weight of it. “This transformer weighs 153,000 pounds dry, not dressed out or anything yet,” says Dominic Rydzak, substation apparatus technician. Dominic was on hand as heavy lifting began […]

Bullhead City, AZ – High winds and a localized dust devil (whirlwind) caused outages Monday afternoon, February 21, for Mohave Electric Cooperative members. The outages were primarily in the central Bullhead City area. At 12:55 p.m. Monday a wind-related outage affected 549 members. Crews replaced a damaged connector and power was restored at 2:37 p.m.. […]

Kingman, AZ – Sunday afternoon at 4:20 p.m. 601 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members in the Hualapai region, unincorporated area south of Kingman, lost power when electrical equipment, an arrestor, performed as expected. Crew members replaced the arrestor along with a fuse and restored power to 600 members by 5:44 p.m. Electric utility systems use […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – The evening of January 10, 2022 was an exciting night for 4 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. The week-long excursion allows the students to interact with others from all over the […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – On Friday, January 7, at 11:04 a.m. a bird came into contact with powerlines and caused an outage that affected 629 Mohave Electric Cooperative members. The outage affected members north of Laughlin Ranch Boulevard following Highway 95 until just south of Bullhead Parkway. Crews were quickly dispatched and made the repairs […]

MEC’s broadband project is on track to serve all members In December 2021, Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) celebrated the one-year anniversary of breaking ground for our 100%, fiber-optic network. The project will help improve our electrical facilities and provide an opportunity for our members to subscribe to fast, reliable broadband, a critical need for the […]

Most of the system improvement and preventive maintenance Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) crews perform can be done safely without de-energizing the power line. And when possible, we do the work and continue distributing power to our members without an outage. There are some times when safety dictates that a de-energized line and an outage are […]