News Releases

4 Students Selected for MEC’s Washington Youth Tour BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – The evening of April 20, 2021 was an exciting night for four eleventh grade students from the surrounding high schools within the Mohave Electric Cooperative service territory. “Washington Youth Tour is a life changing trip for students to embark on as they dive […]

Wildlife Leads to Outage BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – On Monday, May 10, Mohave Electric Cooperative members experienced a power outage starting at 8:55 AM lasting to 9:36 AM. The outage affected 1,290 members in Mohave Valley north and south of King Street, west of Hwy 95. With MEC contractor crews working on the energized distribution […]

A vehicle struck an MEC pad-mounted transformer Wednesday, May 6 leaving 187 members without power for approximately four hours. MEC crews responded and performed circuit switching, restoring power to 180 members in just under three hours.  The remaining seven members had power restored in four hours. MEC members called in to report an outage that […]

Friday evening at 7:12 P.M. in northern Bullhead City, along the Bullhead Pkwy near Landon Dr. south to Silver Creek Rd., approximately 1,500 Mohave Electric Cooperative members and businesses lost power when electrical equipment, an arrestor, performed as expected. Crew members replaced the arrestor and all affected MEC members had power restored at 8:22 P.M. […]

BNSF is known for transporting unusual items such as wind energy components, but sometimes things don’t go as planned. On Friday, April 23rd at around 5:30 pm, BNSF Railroad was transporting multiple wind turbine blades when one fell off a railroad flatcar and struck a Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) pole breaking it at ground level. […]

MEC’s Classroom Grants Program Returns with $200 Grants for 18 Teachers  BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Teachers are always coming up with new ideas of how to teach students, often without school or district funds to support new endeavors. Fortunately for teachers at schools within Mohave Electric Cooperative’s service area, eighteen, $200-grants are available to support […]

Last night, March 28, 2021, a total of 1,520 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members were without power when an isolated electrical short occurred in the underground system in Bullhead City near the Desert Foothills area. The outage first occurred at 5:24 PM. Crews worked to restore power to as many members as possible while working […]

Approximately 375 MEC members were out of power for almost three hours due to car colliding with MEC electrical equipment Monday Morning. Not all outages are caused by equipment error, weather, or wildlife. At times, MEC faces outages caused by human error. Luckily, no injuries were reported. This morning at 7:06 A.M., 375 MEC members […]

Mohave Electric Announces New Public Affairs & Regulatory Compliance Manager BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) welcomed Allison Ellingson to join the utility as Manager of Public Affairs & Regulatory Compliance, effective February 1, 2021. Ellingson brings extensive experience with more than 15 years in public relations, community outreach, government relations, legislation, and […]

Solar Energy Information Mohave Electric Cooperative received information from members regarding solar energy companies (or individuals) going door-to-door stating that they work on behalf of MEC and are willing to install solar systems for free. Members state that they must provide personal information to these solar sale individuals to receive the offer. Mohave Electric Cooperative […]