Nebraska

Broadband Office

Name: Nebraska PSC
Location: Administrative agency
Enabling Act: NE Rev. Stat. §86-1303 et seq.

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations ¹

Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
791,617	64,746	688,276	38,595

Adoption ²

Overall	Wireline
90.2%	75.4%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$405,281,070	$128,740,178	$1,692,658,984	$12,909,846

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $405,281,070
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Drafted
Due: 8/13/23
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: $12,909,846³
Planning Grant: $598,745.97
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Fiber-Based Middle Mile Grant

Applicant: Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Total Cost: $36,374,797
NTIA Award: $36,374,797

ARPA

SLFRF

Total⁴

$1,692,658,984

For Broadband

$1,505,855 (0.1%)

CPF

Total

$128,740,178

For Broadband

$87,543,321 (68%)

Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs⁵

Broadband Bridge Program

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $17.7M (2021); $20.3M (2022)
Grantees: 2021 Grantees; 2022 Grantees; 2023 Applicants
Rules: 2021 Order; 2022 Order; 2023 Order

Recent Programs⁶

ARPA Capital Projects Fund Grants

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $40M (District 1); $40M (District 3) [proposed allocation of $35 million to District 2 for grants to multipurpose community facilities that are located in qualified census tracts within a city of the metropolitan class]
Grantees: District 1; District 3 [villages and cities of the second class within District 3]
Rules: 2023 Program Guidelines; 2023 Application Form

Policies

Non-Traditional ISPs⁷

Pemitted to Offer Broadband

Municipalities	No (dark fiber leasing only)
Municipal Electric Utilities	No (wholesale only)
Electric Cooperatives	No (wholesale only)
Investor-Owned Utilities	n/a

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 March 2023.

7. Updated as of September 2022.