News Releases

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 […]

Bullhead City, AZ – Storms with heavy rain and high wind caused several outages throughout Mohave Electric Cooperative’s (MEC) western service territory from Golden Shores, and north, in areas of Mohave Valley, Fort Mohave, and Bullhead City. Crews worked through the night to restore power as quickly as possible to members. The largest outage affected […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Tuesday, December 14, at 10:30 a.m., 501 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members in Golden Shores experienced an outage due to an agricultural vehicle hauling a cut palm tree. The outage occurred when the palm tree came into contact with MEC lines. Crews responded to repair the line, restoring power to […]

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 […]

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 […]