Minnesota

Broadband Office

Name: Office of Broadband Development
Location: Dept. of Employment & Economic Opportunity (DEED)
Enabling Act: MN Stat. § 116J.39

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations 1
Total Served Underserved Unserved

2,078,739

1,867,240

76,649

134,850
Adoption 2
Overall Wireline

91.3%

77.6%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD CPF ARPA DE

$651,839,368

$180,702,620

$4,950,871,391

$24,633,359

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $651,839,368
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Draft Released
Due: 9/8/23
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: $24,633,3593
Planning Grant: $881,905.10
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

No IIJA Middle Mile awardees

ARPA

SLFRF

Total4

$4,950,871,391

For Broadband
$22,167,807 (0.4%)

CPF

Total

$180,702,620

For Broadband
$126,491,834 (70%)
Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs5

Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program [CPF]

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $67M [most recent round; up to $30M can be used for a Low-Density Pilot Program]
Grantees: 2023 Grantees
Rules: FAQ [all other application information and details re previous grantees available here]

Policies

Non-Traditional ISPs6

Pemitted to Offer Broadband

Municipalities

Yes (unserved areas only)
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, 2021, 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.↩︎