Tennessee
Broadband Office
Name: TN Broadband Initiative
Location: Dept. of Economic & Community Development (DECD)
Enabling Act: TN Code Ann. § 4-3-708
Location: Dept. of Economic & Community Development (DECD)
Enabling Act: TN Code Ann. § 4-3-708
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
| BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
|---|---|---|---|
$813,319,680 |
$215,218,861 |
$5,936,046,576 |
$30,121,102 |
BEAD
Total Allocation: $813,319,680
Digital Equity
State Grants
Capacity Grant: $30,121,1023
Planning Grant: $1,083,814.06
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a
Planning Grant: $1,083,814.06
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a
NTIA Grant Program
TBD
Middle Mile
No IIJA Middle Mile awardees
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$5,936,046,576
- For Broadband
- $344,229,493 (5.8%)
CPF
- Total
-
$215,218,861
- For Broadband
- $185,088,220 (86%)
- Program Link
State Funding
Recent Programs5
Last Mile Connection Program & Middle Mile Build Out Program [CPF]
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $185M [Allocated by Treasury in Feb. 2023]
Grantees: TBD
Rules: TBD
Allocation: $185M [Allocated by Treasury in Feb. 2023]
Grantees: TBD
Rules: TBD
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 July 25, 2024).↩︎
ACS 1-Year Data, 2023, 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.↩︎