Washington

Broadband Office

Name: WA State Broadband Office
Location: Dept. of Commerce
Enabling Act: WA Rev. Code § 43.330.530 et seq.

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations 1
Total Served Underserved Unserved

2,527,898

2,199,563

93,314

235,021
Adoption 2
Overall Wireline

93.5%

81.1%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD CPF ARPA DE

$1,227,742,066

$195,749,414

$7,097,727,267

$29,927,894

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $1,227,742,066
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Drafted
Due: 9/9/23
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: $29,927,8943
Planning Grant: $1,076,248.79
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

Point Roberts Middle Mile Infrastructure Project

Applicant: Whidbey Telephone Company
Total Cost: $16,831,726
NTIA Award: $11,782,208

ARPA

SLFRF

Total4

$7,097,727,267

For Broadband
$290,357,512 (4.1%)

CPF

Total

$195,749,414

For Broadband
$195,749,414 (100%)
Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs5

Broadband Infrastructure Grant

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $121M of the state’s $195.7M allotment of CPF funds
Grantees: ARPA Captial award winners
Rules: Grant Awards Handbook

PWB Broadband Program

Agency: Department of Commerce Public Works Board
Allocation: $43.7M of CPF funds
Grantees: Projects Funded
Rules: Current Funding Information

CERB Rural Broadband Program

Agency: Department of Commerce Community Economic Revitalization Board
Allocation: $23.8M of CPF funds
Grantees: Projects Funded
Rules: Application Information

Policies

Non-Traditional ISPs6

Pemitted to Offer Broadband

Municipalities

Yes
Municipal Electric Utilities

Yes (subject to rules)
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.↩︎