Washington

Broadband Office

Name: WA State Broadband Office
Location: Dept. of Commerce
Enabling Act: WA Rev. Code § 43.330.530 et seq.

Connectivity Snapshot

**Broadband Serviceable Locations** ¹
Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
2,527,898	2,199,563	93,314	235,021

**Adoption** ²
Overall	Wireline
93.6%	80.8%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$1,227,742,066	$195,749,414	$7,108,578,669	$29,927,894

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $1,227,742,066
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Drafted
Due: 9/9/23
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: $29,927,894³
Planning Grant: $1,076,248.79
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

Point Roberts Middle Mile Infrastructure Project

Applicant: Whidbey Telephone Company
Total Cost: $16,831,726
NTIA Award: $11,782,208

ARPA

SLFRF

Total⁴: $7,108,578,669
For Broadband: $21,539,024 (0.3%)

CPF

Total: $195,749,414
For Broadband: $195,749,414 (100%)
Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs⁵

Broadband Infrastructure Grant

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $121M of the state’s $195.7M allotment of CPF funds
Grantees: ARPA Captial award winners
Rules: Grant Awards Handbook

PWB Broadband Program

Agency: Department of Commerce Public Works Board
Allocation: $43.7M of CPF funds
Grantees: Projects Funded
Rules: Current Funding Information

CERB Rural Broadband Program

Agency: Department of Commerce Community Economic Revitalization Board
Allocation: $23.8M of CPF funds
Grantees: Projects Funded
Rules: Application Information

Policies

Non-Traditional ISPs⁶

Pemitted to Offer Broadband

Municipalities	Yes
Municipal Electric Utilities	Yes (subject to rules)
Electric Cooperatives	Yes
Investor-Owned Utilities	Yes

Footnotes

FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated May 24, 2023).↩︎
ACS 1-Year Data, 2022, US Census Bureau.↩︎
ACLP Overview of IIJA Digital Equity Grant Programs.↩︎
Broadband infrastructure is one of several applicable uses of SLFRF funds.↩︎
Updated as of March 2023.↩︎
Updated as of September 2022.↩︎