Washington State Broadband Office Update
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- 2021 11 19 A29274 D236677 Com Washington State Broadband Office Update
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- 2021 11 19 A29274 D236677 Com Washington State Broadband Office Update
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A Washington State Department of Commerce slide presentation, Washington State Broadband Office Update, given to the House Community & Economic Development Committee on November 19, 2021 by Acting Director Dawn Eychaner. It sets out the state broadband goals in RCW 43.330.536, including 25/3 Mbps access for all businesses and residences by 2024. The slides report $163M in pending federal grant applications, Infrastructure Acceleration Grants of $276M with $400M+ in applications for the $135M available, and $50M in matching grants for federal funding opportunities. Further slides cover digital equity grants and summarize Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding, including $42.45B in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment State Grants. An appendix lists county Broadband Action Teams.
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“Washington State Broadband Office Update.”
Original at app.leg.wa.gov, dated 2021-11-19. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2021-11-19-2021-11-19-a29274-d236677-com-washington-state-broadband-office-update/
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Washington State
Broadband Office
Update
House Community & Economic Development
Committee
Dawn Eychaner
ACTING DIRECTOR
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Washington State Broadband Goals
RCW 43.330.536
• By 2024, all businesses and residences have access to 25 megabits per second (Mbps)
download and 3 Mbps upload (25/3)
• By 2026, all communities have access to 1 gigabit per second symmetrical service at
anchor institutions (1G/1G)
• By 2028, all businesses and residents have access to 150 Mbps symmetrical service from
at least one provider (150/150)
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 2
The Broadband Delivery GAP
Solutions
BROADBAND PROVIDER ROI
• State and federal grants to
incentivize investment in
difficult to serve areas
• Mapping to define unserved
and underserved areas
• Rallying communities to Break-Even
engage in and advocate
conversation for
• Speed Tests Served Underserved Unserved
• Broadband Action Teams
• Digital equity work to ensure URBAN SUBURBAN RURAL
affordability, access, and skills
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 3
Broadband
Project • Support Digital Equity and Inclusion Initiatives
Statewide: access, affordability, devices, skills
Adopt
Support
Model Build
• Ensure Scalable, Sustainable, Future-Proof
Networks to Meet State Goals
• Maximize Access to All Funding
Fund Opportunities
• Identify Service Gaps and
Plan
Develop Shovel-Ready Projects
• Foster Stakeholder Collaboration
Partner
to Increase Project Planning
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 4
State Broadband Office
Infrastructure Connectivity Funding
Federal Grant Applications (August 2021)
$163M
pending • NTIA Broadband Infrastructure - $30M SBO application on behalf of 5 local projects.
federal award • Leveraging $4.2M in state funds.
• NTIA Tribal Connectivity Grants -$133M in applications from 13 Tribes.
Infrastructure Acceleration Grants (October 2021 & April 2022)
$276M • Received $400M+ in applications for the $135M available now.
ARPA –Capital
Budget • Evaluating applications with decisions by first week of January.
• $5M proviso for Equity and Affordability Grants.
Matching Grants for Federal Funding Opportunities (November 2021)
$50M • Grants up to $5M or 25% of federal request.
State Bldg
Cons. Acct - • Open continuously starting November 29.
Capital
Budget
• Prioritizing funds for related project or phase of same project funded by CERB or PWB.
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 5
Digital Equity and Inclusion at Work
• Policy guidance and coordination with
statewide DEI initiatives and local Broadband Action Teams Access
• Broadband Access & Affordability Grants – $5M
• Digital Equity Forum – planning with Office of Equity
• Digital Navigator Grants – $7.5M
Digital
Affordable Equity and Tools
• Support access to federal resources for Washington State
Inclusion
o Emergency Broadband Benefit 123,337 households
enrolled
o Emergency Connectivity Fund $129M+ requested
Skills
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 6
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Digital Equity ~ $2.75 Billion
I. State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program ($1.5 billion)
1. Grants to develop state digital equity plans ($60M).
2. State Capacity Grants ($1.44B)
Formula grants based on overall population, “covered” population, and relative lack of broadband availability and
adoption.
II. Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program ($1.25B)
• Competitive grants to complement the state digital equity capacity grant program.
• 5% of available funds each year reserved for Tribes.
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 7
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Broadband Deployment ~ $62+ Billion
I. Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment State Grants ($42.45B)
1. Minimum initial allocations of $100M per state.
2. $4.245B (10%) by share of unserved locations in high-cost areas.
3. Remaining $32B by share of unserved locations.
Formula grants. High-cost and unserved areas to be determined using broadband data maps currently under development by
the Federal Communications Commission.
II. Middle Mile Grants ($1B)
Competitive grants to extend broadband infrastructure that does not connect directly to end user locations.
III. Broadband Affordability and ReConnect ($16.2B)
1. Affordable Connectivity Benefit – renames, extends, modifies EBB program for $30 mo. benefit ($14.2B).
2. Rural area support – support for existing programs at USDA including ReConnect ($2B).
IV. Tribal Connectivity Program (additional $2B appropriated)
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 8
Crowd Sourced Speed Test Survey
https://www.commerce.wa.gov/building-infrastructure/washington-statewide-broadband-act/speedtestsurvey/
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 9
Thank you.
www.commerce.wa.gov
Dawn Eychaner Jasmine Vasavada
ACTING DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON STATE BROADBAND OFFICE LEGISLATIVE & POLICY DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Dawn.Eychaner@commerce.wa.gov Jasmine.Vasavada@commerce.wa.gov
(360) 790-3274 (360) 725-4010
www.broadband.wa.gov
Appendix:
Broadband Action Teams (BATS)
• Adams County BAT • Garfield County – Pomeroy • Pacific County Broadband
Broadband Team Working Group
• Asotin County BAT
• Grays Harbor County • Pend Oreille County - TRUE
• Clallam County BAT (Coordination Convergence BAT
with City and Port of Port Angeles • Island County
and City of Sequim BATs) • Skagit County BAT
• Jefferson County BAT
• Clallam – City of Sequim BAT • Snohomish County BAT
• King County BAT
• Clallam – City of Port Angeles • Stevens County/ Spokane Tribe
BAT • Kittitas County BAT
• Columbia Gorge Broadband • Klickitat County Broadband • Thurston County BAT
Consortium (Klickitat and meeting
Skamania counties in WA) • Wahkiakum Broadband
• Lewis County "Lewis County Committee
• Cowlitz/Wahkiakum Broadband Champions"
• Whitman County BAT
• Ferry County/Colville • Lincoln County BAT
Confederated Tribes BAT • Yakima County BAT
• Okanogan - Methow Valley BAT
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 11
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