News Releases

80th Anniversary Art Contest Greetings MEC Members, Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) is moving full speed ahead this year. Applications for our $200 Classroom Grants are due March 15. We look forward to reviewing your submissions. We also hosted our famous magician and his show, Making Accidents Disappear, promoting electrical safety amongst elementary school students, and […]

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 – The evening of December 10, 2024 was an exciting night 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 […]

On Thursday, September 19, Mohave Electric Cooperative, Inc. (MEC) held its Annual Meeting at the Anderson Auto Group Fieldhouse. The annual meeting was attended by 572 Cooperative members as well as guests – the largest attended meeting to date. MEC members received a travel bag kit, and some lucky winners won great door prizes and […]

Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) linemen Chad Valenzuela and Cole Garcia were inspired to volunteer their time to bring electricity to families of the Navajo Tribe. Even in today’s modern world, there are approximately 10,400 families living in the Navajo Nation that do not have electricity, running water, heating, air conditioning, refrigerators, or microwaves. Light Up […]

Exciting News for Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC)! I am pleased to announce the Mohave County Board of Supervisors approved our Mohave Energy Park natural gas project on King Street on November 4! We are thrilled the Board recognized the importance of bringing new-generation resources to MEC’s local Distribution Network. Thank You MEC members who took […]

Bullhead City, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) a not-for-profit utility, has been serving members for 78 years strong. MEC has made every conscious effort to monitor and purchase power on the market by negotiating the most reliable and affordable power prices. Unlike investor-owned utilities that provide profits to shareholders, a utility operating under the […]

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 and we would like to remind our members, MEC will never ask for payment over the phone […]

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 […]