Last Mile Federal Funding Account Grant Program Stakeholders,
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) awarded $91 million for 10 last mile broadband infrastructure grant projects in 5 counties and issued the seventh round of recommended awards for public comment on September 12, 2024.
The recommended awards total $41 million for 9 last mile Federal Funding Account broadband infrastructure projects in the counties of Madera, Napa, and San Luis Obispo and benefit an estimated 31,815 Californians in these counties. Find more details in Draft Resolution T-17850 and Draft Resolution T-17852.
The final awards include grants to City of Ukiah, City of Fort Bragg, Comcast, Hankins Information Technology, Marin County, Round Valley Indian Tribes, and Surfnet. Find more details in Resolution T-17839.
With this release, to date the CPUC has issued —
- The total amount currently awarded and recommended is now $649 million for 69 projects in 30 counties benefitting approximately 549,800 Californians.
- Approved awards of $434 million for 45 projects in 22 counties benefitting approximately 488,993 Californians. Twenty-four awards are to public entity applicants, 4 are to Tribal applicants, and 29 benefit primarily disadvantaged or low-income communities. (See Resolutions T-17839, T-17826, T-17829, T-17833, T-17835, and ministerial approvals.)
- Recommended awards of $215 million for 24 projects in 8 counties benefiting approximately 60,807 Californians. Six of the recommended awards are to public entity applicants, three are to Tribal applicants, and nine benefit primarily disadvantaged or low-income communities. These recommended awards are currently open for public comments. They may be voted on by the CPUC at its upcoming public voting meetings on September 26 and October 17, 2024. (See Draft Resolutions T-17845, T-17846, T-17850, and T-17852.)
These recommended and final awards are part of the $2 billion last mile Federal Funding Account Grant Program. The program expands broadband internet access for underserved and unserved communities across California. This announcement continues a rolling process of awards and recommendations, highlighting the State’s commitment to bridging the digital divide through Broadband For All.
Draft Resolutions with award recommendations will be released for public comments approximately every two to three weeks through the rest of the year. These recommendations will be considered and must be approved by vote of the CPUC’s Commissioners at a public voting meeting.
Please visit the Federal Funding Account Recommendations and Awards webpage for information on how to file public comments, and for news and updates on past, present, and future awards. Explore the awarded and recommended projects in the interactive Federal Funding Account Awards map. Thank you for your continued commitment to closing the digital divide in California.
Federal Funding Account Team
California Public Utilities Commission
FederalFundingAccount@cpuc.ca.gov
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