News Releases

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 […]

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 […]