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Bullhead City, AZ – On Friday, July 28, at 9:44 a.m. a trash truck hit a power line, tearing down one power pole. This outage affected 128 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members and occurred in the Topock area along Kofa Lane. MEC crews responded, isolated the damaged pole and line to make repairs and restore […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Friday, June 16, at 7:19 a.m. a trash truck’s hydraulic loader came into contact with the power lines, tearing down an additional three power poles too. This outage affected 22 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members and occurred in Fort Mohave area along East Camino Hierro. MEC crews responded, isolated the […]

On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 4:31 p.m., 2,577 Mohave Electric Cooperative members in Bullhead City experienced a power outage caused by a mylar balloon coming into contact with MEC power lines. Engineering and Operations Manager Jerry Hardy said, “We would like to thank the member who called the MEC outage notification phone line to […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Sunday, June 11, 1,808 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members in the Western service area lost power due to lightning storms throughout the evening. These outages affected members in the Laughlin Ranch area off Bullhead Parkway, Country Club Drive, and other Bullhead City areas. The largest outage of the evening occurred […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Wednesday, June 7, at 4:17 a.m. a semi-truck crashed into an electric pole causing an outage affecting 6 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members, 4 of which were businesses. These outage occurred in the Eastern service area along I-40 and mile marker 59, near DW Ranch Road in Kingman. MEC crews […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Thursday, June 1, at 2:06 a.m. a guy wire, which assists with holding the electric pole, made contact with the primary phase causing the circuit breaker to lock open. The reason why the guy wire broke is still under investigation. This outage affected 834 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members and […]

Bullhead City, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) is proud to announce one winner for the MEC 2023 Scholarship Program. Students in MEC’s service territory attending a higher education institution this fall semester were eligible to apply for assistance up to $5,000. Brooklyn Anderson was selected to receive a $5,000 scholarship as she enters her […]

Bullhead City, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) awarded eighteen $200 classroom grants to educators for financial assistance in making classroom learning more engaging. Forty-one applications were received for the eighteen available grants. A team at MEC evaluated the projects submitted by educators basing their grading on creativity, following application instructions, classroom integration, as well […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On May 10, 2023, Mehdi Azarmi, a longtime resident in Mohave Electric Cooperative’s service area accepted the 2023 Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO) Distinguished Service Award. AEPCO’s Distinguished Service Awards recognize the outstanding efforts of individuals who have encouraged, assisted, and provided significant services to AEPCO and its member cooperatives (MEC). […]

Bullhead City, AZ – On Friday, May 12 at 12:33 p.m. a vehicle crashed into a power pole off the 95 Highway and Merrill Avenue in the Bullhead City area causing an outage for 664 Mohave Electric members. MEC crews responded and are onsite, with assistance from Bullhead City emergency personnel to control the scene […]