Maine

Broadband Office

Name: Maine Connectivity Authority
Location: Maine Connectivity Authority (Quasi-Governmental)
Enabling Act: 35-A ME Rev. Stat. § 9201 et seq.

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations ¹

Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
642,620	548,457	51,975	42,188

Adoption ²

Overall	Wireline
90.7%	76.6%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$271,977,723	$128,245,250	$1,468,481,562	$11,676,595

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $271,977,723
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Drafted
Due: 9/4/23
Link: 5-Year Plan

Initial Proposal

Status: Drafted
Due: 12/27/23
Link: Initial Proposal Vol. 1 Vol. 2

Final Proposal

Status: Unreleased
Due: TBD
Link: n/a

Digital Equity

State Grants

Capacity Grant: $11,676,595³
Planning Grant: $542,222.32
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

MOOSE (Maine Online Optical Statewide Enabling) Network

Applicant: State of Maine
Total Cost: $53,353,132
NTIA Award: $30,016,472

ARPA

SLFRF

Total⁴

$1,468,481,562

For Broadband

$22,446,226 (1.5%)

CPF

Total

$128,245,250

For Broadband

$110,290,915 (86%)

Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs⁵

Maine Infrastructure Ready

Agency: MCA and ConnectMaine Authority
Allocation: ~$150M [$110M via CPF Round 1; $28M via CPF Round 2; remainder from state recovery funds]
Grantees: Jan. 2023 awardees [First Cohort via Connect the Ready]
Rules: Program FAQs; Second Cohort Application Guidance

Policies

Non-Traditional ISPs⁶

Pemitted to Offer Broadband

Municipalities	Yes
Municipal Electric Utilities	Yes
Electric Cooperatives	Yes
Investor-Owned Utilities	Yes

Footnotes

1. FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated May 24, 2023).

2. ACS 1-Year Data, 2022, US Census Bureau.

3. ACLP Overview of IIJA Digital Equity Grant Programs.

4. Broadband infrastructure is one of several applicable uses of SLFRF funds.

5. Updated as of March 2023.

6. Updated as of September 2022.