Wisconsin
Broadband Office
Name: WI Broadband Office
Location: PSC
Enabling Act: WI Stat. § 196.504
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
| BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
|---|---|---|---|
$1,055,823,574 |
$189,354,516 |
$4,830,759,698 |
$26,991,765 |
BEAD
Overview
Total Allocation: $1,055,823,574
Current Status: Funding Allocated
Five-Year Plan
Status: Drafted
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
Middle Mile
Tri-State Fiber Deployment Project (TSFDP)
Applicant: Dairyland Power Cooperative
Total Cost: $30,387,914
NTIA Award: $14,890,078
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$4,830,759,698
- For Broadband
- $109,871,702 (2.3%)
CPF
- Total
-
$189,354,516
- For Broadband
- $40,000,000 (21%)
- Program Link
State Funding
Recent Programs5
Broadband Infrastructure Projects Program [CPF]
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $40M [from first allocation made by Treasury in October 2022, representing 21% of the state’s $189M allotment of CPF funds]
Grantees: TBD
Rules: TBD
ARPA Broadband Access Grants
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $100M [from state’s ARPA SLFRF funding]
Grantees: List
Rules: Program Documents
State Broadband Expansion Grants
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: Varies by year
Grantees: Yearly Award Summaries
Rules: Program Documents
Policies
Non-Traditional ISPs6
Pemitted to Offer Broadband
| Municipalities | Yes (subject to rules) |
| Municipal Electric Utilities | Yes |
| Electric Cooperatives | Yes |
| 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.↩︎