Nevada

Broadband Office

Name: Office of Science, Innovation & Technology (OSIT)
Location: Executive Branch
Enabling Act: NRS §223.600 et seq.

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations ¹

Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
983,570	923,315	15,713	44,542

Adoption ²

Overall	Wireline
91.5%	76.5%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$416,666,230	$135,603,020	$3,768,660,641	$16,666,696

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $416,666,230
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Drafted
Due: 9/16/23
Link: 5-Year Plan

Initial Proposal

Status: Final
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: $16,666,696³
Planning Grant: $754,458.89
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

Eastern Nevada Middle Mile

Applicant: State of Nevada
Total Cost: $87,094,919
NTIA Award: $43,547,459

ARPA

SLFRF

Total⁴

$3,768,660,641

For Broadband

$439,696 (0.0%)

CPF

Total

$135,603,020

For Broadband

$55,597,238 (41%)

Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs⁵

High Speed NV Phase I [fiber transport for 1,000 CAIs]

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $170M [from ARPA SFRF]
Grantees: TBD
Rules: Sample RFP [for Region 7]; additional info. available here

Low-Income MDU Broadband Program [CPF Rd. 1]

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $55M
Grantees: TBD
Rules: Forthcoming; additional info available here

Policies

Non-Traditional ISPs⁶

Pemitted to Offer Broadband

Municipalities	Yes (subject to rules)
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.