News Releases

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Monsoon season is upon us, and the eastern service area has been plagued by several outages this week. Equipment likely sustained damage from the previous extreme storms coming through our region. On Wednesday, August 3 at 7:51pm 2,339 members lost power for approximately 10 hours. This particular outage affected members in the […]

Bullhead City, AZ – A series of storms – as well as a motor vehicle accident – continued throughout the weekend and into Monday morning, sending Mohave Electric Cooperative crews to restore power for MEC members affected by 13 separate outages along the entire MEC service area. Bullhead City On July 30, at 9:04 pm, […]

Bullhead City, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative first welcomed Tyler (Ty) Elizabeth Weldon to MEC’s accounting department in 2017. Over the past 5 years, Ty has served in multiple positions within MEC’s accounting department while furthering her cooperative education through NRECA’s MIP Select and Supervisor and Manager Development Program. Current CFO Arden Lauxman has officially […]

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Storms with heavy rain, high wind, and lightning strikes caused seven separate power outages throughout Mohave Electric Cooperative’s (MEC) eastern & western service territory from Valle Vista, Peach Springs, to Hualapai, and areas of Mohave Valley, Fort Mohave, and Bullhead City. Crews worked throughout the night and into the next day […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Tuesday, July 19, at 8:33 a.m., 1,280 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members experienced an outage due to an underground fault. The outage affected members near McCormick Boulevard along the Highway 68 neighboring community. MEC’s substation technicians coordinated with a line crew to respond to the outage. MEC crews isolated the […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Monday, July 11 at 2:17 p.m., 130 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members in Mohave Valley lost power due to a tree limb on an electrical line, causing a system protection device to operate. The area affected was on Dike Road and Evans Lane. MEC crews cleared the line and restored […]

Bullhead City, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) has applied to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) for a rate case to bring their margins back to the required levels while recovering past expenditures and continuing to ensure resources for load growth and reliability. These expenditures are made up of $45 million dollars in capital improvements […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Monday, June 20 at 12:56 pm, a vehicle accident tore down a power pole, resulting in an outage to 2,029 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members. The outage took place at Mountain View & Lipan in Fort Mohave. Line crews isolated damage and rerouted power using circuit switching equipment restoring power to […]

Contact: John PynakkerPublic Affairs Coordinatormecpa@mohaveelectric.com Bullhead City, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative has opened the application process for the annual $5,000 SunWatts Education Grant. “MEC is proud to support local educators’ efforts in going the extra mile by using innovative ideas to help local youth learn sustainable concepts,” said MEC CEO Tyler Carlson. “The Education Grant program […]

Bullhead City, AZ – A pair of metal awnings blown off during separate high wind events, were responsible for a pair of power outages that cut power to a total of 251 members on Saturday, June 11. At 1 p.m., extreme high winds caused a metal awning to strike the primary power lines near Hancock […]