California

Broadband Office

Name: California PUC
Location: Administrative agency
Enabling Act: Designated by governor in BEAD intent letter to administer BEAD

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations 1
Total Served Underserved Unserved

10,235,465

9,912,176

137,982

185,307
Adoption 2
Overall Wireline

94.2%

79.1%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD CPF ARPA DE

$1,864,136,509

$540,249,909

$42,726,669,243

$118,968,419

BEAD

Total Allocation: $1,864,136,509

Digital Equity

State Grants

Capacity Grant: $118,968,4193
Planning Grant: $8,998,027
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
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

$42,726,669,243

For Broadband
$2,034,011,792 (4.8%)

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

  1. FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated May 07, 2025).↩︎

  2. ACS 1-Year Data, 2023, 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.↩︎