![]() ![]() MEC had tables there as well, staffed with MEC employees and providing information on the SmartHub® app, Capital Credits, and the Outage Management System. The members then made their way past informational tables for TWN Communications, Asplundh, Arizona Generation & Transmission Cooperatives (AzG&T) and Grand Canyon State Electric Cooperative Association (GCSECA). CAPITOL CITY ELECTRIC PHIL COOK FREEMembers entered the fieldhouse, registered, received their free meals, and were given a complimentary gift of a large, insulated tote filled with picnic-themed gifts like a picnic blanket, frisbee, and collapsible travel cups. “I can tell you that to have everyone back up in under a week is phenomenal.” “I came from the Midwest, and we would have outages like this from storms or tornadoes,” Carlson said. I couldn’t be prouder of all of them.”Ĭarlson added that there were more than 140 poles down and 36,000 members without power, but in less than 24 hours that number was cut to 5,000 members. They put in some long hours as well and wouldn’t stop until everything was back to normal. ![]() “Not just our field crews, but also all of our support staff. We have guys out there doing a dangerous job, knowing that their families are at home with no power as well, but unwilling to stop until every member is back up. “They have a job to do, and they did it admirably. “These MEC employees, really showed you who they are,” said Carlson. A good portion of the evening – including opening remarks from board president Joe Anderson and MEC CEO Tyler Carlson – was spent discussing the recent outage and response by MEC crews and staff. The annual event, as mandated by the cooperative’s policies and procedures, was used to discuss several items from the past year as well as looking forward to the future. ![]() Bullhead City, AZ – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) held its annual meeting Thursday, September 15 at the Anderson Auto Group Fieldhouse for hundreds of the cooperative’s members. ![]()
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