Extreme Winds Cause Power Outages for MEC Members

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Due to high winds, there have been multiple outages in the last two days for Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members.

On Tuesday, January 7, for approximately 10 minutes, 1,686 members were affected near Silver Creek in Bullhead City. Crews repaired a primary line when two primary phases made contact. Unrelated to the winds, a broken water line in Bullhead City was spraying on a transformer causing an approximate half hour outage for 34 members near Lakeside Drive. Another outage on Tuesday, January 7 affected 32 members when a tree limb made contact with the primary line in Mohave Valley.

In the evening for fewer than 2 hours, 23 members in Fort Mohave and 18 members in Mohave Valley experienced tree-branch related outages. 17 commercial members in Kingman near Hayden Peak experienced on-and-off outages for 12 hours due to extreme wind.

Today, January 8, there were 3,073 MEC members without power in the Hancock area of Bullhead City for approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes. 66 members in Mohave Valley and 21 members in Bullhead City near Mohave Drive also experienced an outage due to high winds and were restored by midday. Crews made repairs and power was restored to all members affected.

Outage restoration is important to Mohave Electric Cooperative. Please remember, there are many ways to report an outage. You can call our toll-free line at 1-844-632-2667, text “outage” to 55050 from a number linked to your MEC account or use our SmartHub® application on your mobile device to report the outage. You can also track outages on our website at: https://mohaveelectric.com/outage-center/.

Founded in 1946, Mohave Electric Cooperative is a not-for-profit utility providing reliable, cost-effective power to 38,028 members, 45,044 meters, with more than 1,577 miles of line spanning areas from Bullhead City to Topock on the west, Hualapai to Burro Creek to the south, and Nelson to the east.