California
Broadband Office
Name: California PUC
Location: Administrative agency
Enabling Act: Designated by governor in BEAD intent letter to administer BEAD
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
---|---|---|---|
$1,864,136,509 |
$540,249,909 |
$42,686,797,028 |
$118,968,419 |
BEAD
Overview
Total Allocation: $1,864,136,509
Current Status: Funding Allocated
Five-Year Plan
Status: Draft Released
Due: 9/16/23
Link: 5-Year Plan
Initial Proposal
Status: Unreleased
Due: 12/27/23
Link: n/a
Final Proposal
Status: Unreleased
Due: TBD
Link: n/a
Digital Equity
State Grants
Capacity Grant: $118,968,4193
Planning Grant: $8,998,027
Link to Plan: n/a
Summary of Uses: n/a
NTIA Grant Program
TBD
Middle Mile
California Middle Mile Broadband Initiative
Applicant: California Dept. of Technology
Total Cost: $187,585,206
NTIA Award: $73,000,000
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$42,686,797,028
- For Broadband
- $2,424,895,020 (5.7%)
CPF
- Total
-
$540,249,909
- For Broadband
- $540,249,909 (100%)
- Program Link
-
n/a
State Funding
Recent Programs5
CASF Infrastructure Grants
Agency: CPUC
Allocation: $150M+
Grantees: List
Rules: Revised Rules
CASF Federal Funding Account
Agency: CPUC
Allocation: $2B
Grantees: n/a
Rules: Issued April 2022
Policies
Non-Traditional ISPs6
Pemitted to Offer Broadband
Municipalities | Yes |
Municipal Electric Utilities | Yes |
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, 2021, 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.↩︎