Members without Power as Crews Worked to Locate Isolated Issue
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 […]
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Hundreds of MEC Members Without Power due to Car Accident
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Approximately 375 MEC members were out of power due to a 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 […]
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Bird Causes Power Outage
An outage took place today, 12/29/2020 at 12:08 PM that resulted in approximately 4,200 members without power for 41 minutes. MEC crews were quick to assess the issue and react in a timely manner. The cause of this outage was a bird that made contact with electrical equipment causing the protective devices to open a […]
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Hit and Run Causes Power Outage
BULLHEAD CITY – A motor vehicle crashed into a ground-mounted transformer located on Ash Ave. late Saturday afternoon, resulting in 27 Mohave Electric Cooperative members to be without power for just over one hour. Power went out at 8:24 p.m. and was restored at 9:28 p.m. The outage affected members only on Ash Ave. “Some […]
