3 honored with Distinguished Service Awards at AzGT annual meeting
Three electric cooperative heroes were honored with Distinguished Service Awards at the Arizona G&T Cooperatives annual meeting in May.
The 2023 award recipients were:
- Mehdi Azarmi, a Bullhead City-area business and community leader and champion of Mohave Electric Cooperative;
- C. Brad DeSpain, a former director of Trico Electric Cooperative and Marana-area utilities leader; and
- Christopher Hitchcock, the longtime general counsel for Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative and one of AzGT's predecessor co-ops
Read more about the 2023 awardees here.
Recipients are nominated by representatives from Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO), the generation and transmission (G&T) arm of AzGT, or any of its class A member cooperatives, and AEPCO’s board of directors selects the winners. Since 1991, AEPCO and its members have recognized more than 80 cooperative supporters, from lawmakers and former employees or directors to community organizations and business leaders.
AEPCO is a nonprofit electric cooperative providing power generation, transmission, and energy services to nonprofit electric distribution cooperatives and public power and water utilities in Arizona, Nevada, California, and New Mexico. AEPCO and its sister organization, Sierra Southwest Cooperative Services, operate together as Arizona G&T Cooperatives.
