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
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
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
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.↩︎