News Releases

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 […]

With the start of the 2021 to 2022 school year, Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) is proud to announce the continuing sponsorship of the Washington, D.C. Youth Tour. Students, whose parents or guardians are MEC members, will be selected to represent MEC in the annual Washington D.C. Youth Tour. The week-long excursion allows the students to […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) has been serving members for 75 years strong, and unlike most items over time, the cost of MEC’s electricity has stayed relatively the same since inception. Unlike investor-owned utilities who provide profits to shareholders, a utility operating under the cooperative model is a not-for-profit entity structured to […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ — Mohave Electric Cooperative’s (MEC’s) board of directors has authorized a capital credits return of $1,667,557.52 to members in 2021. MEC members who had electric service in 1989, 2000, or 2020 will receive their share as a check if their share is $10 or more. If the share is less than $10, […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members need to be aware of a potential scam. Members have been calling the MEC Member Services Office after receiving both an automated and live person call. The recorded message and live person call had a similar dialogue: “This is the power company. If you don’t pay […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – On Tuesday, July 20, at 7:33 a.m., 542 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members experienced an outage due to a damaged connector after strong stormy winds. Crews responded by de-energizing the line to make repairs. Once repairs were completed, the line was re-energized, and power was restored to all members at 9:53 […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Severe lightning storms with high winds caused scattered outages in Mohave Electric Cooperative’s service territory early Tuesday morning. MEC crews responded to ten separate outages beginning at 1:15 a.m. An outage in MEC’s eastern service area resulted in 2,546 MEC members without power due to storm damage to a pole ground […]

Bullhead City, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) marks the 1,000th solar residential installation milestone for the SunWatts Renewable Energy Rebate Program. This also marks the 100th solar residential installation for 2021. The 17,600-watt solar system was completed three months after the Bullhead City member submitted the SunWatts application and will produce an average of […]