Vermont
Broadband Office
Name: VT Community Broadband Board
Location: Dept. of Public Service (DPS)
Enabling Act: 30 VT Stat. Ann. § 8081 et seq.
Location: Dept. of Public Service (DPS)
Enabling Act: 30 VT Stat. Ann. § 8081 et seq.
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
| BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
|---|---|---|---|
$228,913,019 |
$113,056,440 |
$1,241,297,252 |
$9,564,095 |
BEAD
Total Allocation: $228,913,019
Digital Equity
State Grants
Capacity Grant: $9,564,0953
Planning Grant: $518,154.20
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a
Planning Grant: $518,154.20
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a
NTIA Grant Program
TBD
Middle Mile
No Middle Mile IIJA awardees
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$1,241,297,252
- For Broadband
- $110,862,026 (8.9%)
CPF
- Total
-
$113,056,440
- For Broadband
- $90,000,000 (80%)
- Program Link
State Funding
Recent Programs5
Community Broadband Construction Grant Program [CPF]
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $90M [allocated by Treasury in Oct. 2022, representing 80% of the state’s $113M CPF allotment]
Grantees: Grant Awards
Rules: Relevant info available here
Allocation: $90M [allocated by Treasury in Oct. 2022, representing 80% of the state’s $113M CPF allotment]
Grantees: Grant Awards
Rules: Relevant info available here
Policies
Non-Traditional ISPs6
Pemitted to Offer Broadband
| Municipalities | Yes |
| 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 07, 2025).↩︎
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.↩︎