West Virginia

Broadband Office

Name: WV Office of Broadband
Location: Dept. of Economic Development
Enabling Act: WV Code § 31G-1A-1 et seq.

Connectivity Snapshot

Broadband Serviceable Locations ¹

Total	Served	Underserved	Unserved
900,408	588,439	40,372	271,597

Adoption ²

Overall	Wireline
85.0%	70.1%

Federal Funding

Summary

BEAD	CPF	ARPA	DE
$1,210,800,970	$136,303,698	$1,983,385,344	$15,148,113

BEAD

Overview

Total Allocation: $1,210,800,970
Current Status: Funding Allocated

Five-Year Plan

Status: Drafted
Due: 9/4/23
Link: 5-Year Plan

Initial Proposal

Status: Drafted
Due: 12/27/23
Link: Initial Proposal Vol. 1

Final Proposal

Status: Unreleased
Due: TBD
Link: n/a

Digital Equity

State Grants

Capacity Grant: $15,148,113³
Planning Grant: $728,065.00
Link to Plan: DE Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a

NTIA Grant Program

TBD

Middle Mile

Southeast West Virginia Middle Mile Connect

Applicant: Appalachian Power Company
Total Cost: $50,208,602
NTIA Award: $25,054,093

ARPA

SLFRF

Total⁴

$1,983,385,344

For Broadband

$101,881,485 (5.1%)

CPF

Total

$136,303,698

For Broadband

$136,303,698 (100%)

Program Link

State Funding

Recent Programs⁵

Line Extension Advancement & Development (LEAD) Program [CPF]

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $25M in Round 1; $30M in Round 2 [from the state’s $136M CPF allocation, representing its allotment]
Grantees: Round 1 partial list
Rules: Round 2 procedures

GigReady [CPF]

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $40 [from the state’s $136M CPF allocation, representing its allotment]
Grantees: TBD
Rules: Round 1 procedures

Major Broadband Projects Strategies (MBPS) [CPF]

Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $30M in Round 2 [from the state’s $136M CPF allocation, representing its allotment]
Grantees: TBD
Rules: Round 2 procedures

Policies

Non-Traditional ISPs⁶

Pemitted to Offer Broadband

Municipalities	Yes
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.