News Releases

Bullhead City, AZ – On Thursday, December 9, at 3:38 p.m., 4,912 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members in Mohave Valley experienced a 7-minute outage due to a lightning strike causing a breaker to open. Crews responded and closed the breaker, restoring power to all members at 3:45 p.m. The outage affected members south of Fort […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – On Wednesday, December 8, at 12:16 p.m., 599 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members experienced an outage due to an underground fault on Highway 95 near Hancock. MEC’s substation technicians coordinated with the line crew to respond to the outage. Technicians used a method known as switching to isolate the fault and […]

Bullhead City, AZ – The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Board of Directors unanimously selected Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) to receive the prestigious Electric Cooperative Purpose Award, a national service award. The Electric Cooperative Purpose Award recognizes an electric cooperative who works with their members to make outstanding contributions which result in visible, lasting […]

MEC’s tenured team reflects on the past By Julia Garringer Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) has been serving our members for 75 years, and we look forward to 75 more. As we approached this anniversary, our employees came up with the idea to freeze this moment in time with a first for us—a time capsule. Our […]

Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) celebrated 75 years at the annual meeting on September 16, 2021. The annual meeting moved to Anderson Auto Group Fieldhouse for the first time with great success. MEC members entered the building and made their way down to the fieldhouse floor after registering and receiving their free meals. Members in attendance […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) has awarded two $5k Education Grants in 2021 as a continuing show of support for renewable energy education. MEC is proud to support local educators’ efforts in going the extra mile by using innovative ideas to help local youth learn sustainable concepts. The SunWatts Education Grant program, […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) celebrated 75 years at the annual meeting on September 16, 2021. The annual meeting moved to Anderson Auto Group Fieldhouse for the first time with great success. MEC members entered the building and made their way down to the fieldhouse floor after registering and receiving their free […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) is proud to announce our continuing sponsorship of the annual Washington Youth Tour. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a statewide cancelation for the 2020 and 2021 Youth Tours. Despite the cancellation of the tour, MEC continued to support our student members by offering a scholarship in place […]

Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) has exciting news for our members! The first fiber connections have been made. On July 15, 2021, MEC, TWN Communications, state and local elected officials, and community members came together to commemorate the first fiber broadband connects. In a first-of-its-kind endeavor for an electric cooperative in Arizona, MEC is building a […]

When members spend time outdoors in the summer heat, having shade to feel cooler is a hot commodity, or cool commodity in this case. Although temperatures are the same in the shade, people feel at least 10 degrees cooler. The same could be said about preventing direct sunlight into your home, which lowers the outside […]