News Releases

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Throughout the weekend, Friday, August 18 – Saturday, August 19 twenty-six separate outages in Mohave Electric Cooperative’s (MEC’S) service area affected over 4,800 MEC members. The majority of the outages were due to lightning striking lines, transformers, and other electrical equipment. MEC crews worked tirelessly throughout the night restoring power to all members […]

Bullhead City, AZ – A collision between a tractor trailer truck and a primary distribution pole disrupted service for a portion of the Eastern Service area early Thursday morning. The crash occurred near mile marker 65 on I-40, just east of Kingman, at 12:33 a.m. on August 10. The heavy impact caused the pole to […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Friday, July 28, at 9:44 a.m. a trash truck hit a power line, tearing down one power pole. This outage affected 128 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members and occurred in the Topock area along Kofa Lane. MEC crews responded, isolated the damaged pole and line to make repairs and restore […]

The work of Mohave Electric Cooperative staff, and most notably the linemen, was recognized with several certificates and proclamations recently during the MEC Employee Appreciation Day. Wednesday, April 26, Bullhead City Mayor Steve D’Amico; City Council members Juan Lizarraga and Dan Alfonso; Mohave County Supervisor Hildy Angius; and Penny Pew from Congressman Paul Gosar’s office […]

On May 10, 2023, Mehdi Azarmi, a longtime resident in Mohave Electric Cooperative’s service area accepted the 2023 Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO) Distinguished Service Award. AEPCO’s Distinguished Service Awards recognize the outstanding efforts of individuals who have encouraged, assisted, and provided significant services to AEPCO and its member cooperatives (MEC). AEPCO is MEC’s major […]

$5,000 in Support of Education Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) is proud to announce one winner for the MEC 2023 Scholarship Program. Students in MEC’s service territory attending a higher education institution this fall semester were eligible to apply for assistance up to $5,000. Brooklyn Anderson was selected to receive a $5,000 scholarship as she enters […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Friday, June 16, at 7:19 a.m. a trash truck’s hydraulic loader came into contact with the power lines, tearing down an additional three power poles too. This outage affected 22 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members and occurred in Fort Mohave area along East Camino Hierro. MEC crews responded, isolated the […]

On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 4:31 p.m., 2,577 Mohave Electric Cooperative members in Bullhead City experienced a power outage caused by a mylar balloon coming into contact with MEC power lines. Engineering and Operations Manager Jerry Hardy said, “We would like to thank the member who called the MEC outage notification phone line to […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Sunday, June 11, 1,808 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members in the Western service area lost power due to lightning storms throughout the evening. These outages affected members in the Laughlin Ranch area off Bullhead Parkway, Country Club Drive, and other Bullhead City areas. The largest outage of the evening occurred […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Wednesday, June 7, at 4:17 a.m. a semi-truck crashed into an electric pole causing an outage affecting 6 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members, 4 of which were businesses. These outage occurred in the Eastern service area along I-40 and mile marker 59, near DW Ranch Road in Kingman. MEC crews […]