Louisiana
Broadband Office
Name: Office of Broadband Development & Connectivity (OBCD)
Location: Division of Administration
Enabling Act: LA Rev. Stat. §51:1361 et seq.
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
---|---|---|---|
$1,355,554,553 |
$176,741,864 |
$4,650,896,077 |
$25,245,724 |
BEAD
Overview
Total Allocation: $1,355,554,553
Current Status: Funding Allocated
Five-Year Plan
Status: Drafted
Due: 5/28/23
Link: 5-Year Plan
Initial Proposal
Status: Vol. 1 Final, Vol. 2 Drafted
Due: 12/27/23
Link: Initial Proposal Vol. 1 Vol. 2
Final Proposal
Status: Unreleased
Due: TBD
Link: n/a
Digital Equity
Middle Mile
No IIJA Middle Mile awardees
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$4,650,896,077
- For Broadband
- $23,611,514 (0.5%)
CPF
- Total
-
$176,741,864
- For Broadband
- $176,741,864 (100%)
- Program Link
State Funding
Recent Programs5
GUMBO [CPF]
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $168M+
Grantees: List (as of July 2022)
Rules: LA Rev. Stat. §51:2370.1 et seq.; OBDC Notice of Intent
Policies
Non-Traditional ISPs6
Pemitted to Offer Broadband
Municipalities | Yes (subject to rules) |
Municipal Electric Utilities | Yes |
Electric Cooperatives | Yes (guardrails) |
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.↩︎