2020 CASF Broadband Infrastructure Grants
CASF Infrastructure Account Status, with surcharge increase to 1.019% and pending project resolutions
| Authorised – total |
$575,000,000 |
|
| Infrastructure shortfall (est.) |
($68,643,411) |
|
| Infrastructure Account net of shortfall |
|
$506,356,589 |
|
|
|
| Infrastructure awards as of 31 Dec 2019 |
$271,333,358 |
|
| Previous year infrastructure grants awarded in 2020 |
$10,825,350 |
|
| 2020 infrastructure grants with draft or final approvals |
$31,539,689 |
|
| Cumulative admin overhead as of 30 Jun 2019 |
$16,732,595 |
|
| Estimated admin overhead FY 2019-25 |
$13,142,082 |
|
| Total Infrastructure Account spent/encumbered |
|
$343,573,074 |
|
|
|
| Funds remaining for new CASF infrastructure grants |
|
$162,783,515 |
CASF Infrastructure Project Status, 4 May 2020 Grant Application Window
Draft & Final CASF Project Awards
| Project |
Applicant |
Grant Award (tentative) |
|
Housing Units |
|
$/HU |
|
County |
Tech |
| Brookside (final) |
Charter |
$848,063 |
|
207 |
|
$4,097 |
|
Los Angeles |
HFC |
| Country Meadows (final) |
Charter |
$2,120,390 |
|
295 |
|
$7,188 |
|
San Bernardino |
HFC |
| El Dorado Estates (final) |
Charter |
$1,445,032 |
|
160 |
|
$9,031 |
|
Ventura |
HFC |
| Foothill Terrace (final) |
Charter |
$444,388 |
|
308 |
|
$1,443 |
|
Los Angeles |
HFC |
| Los Alisos (final) |
Charter |
$1,021,655 |
|
334 |
|
$3,059 |
|
Orange |
HFC |
| Monterey Manor (final) |
Charter |
$784,322 |
|
87 |
|
$9,015 |
|
San Bernardino |
HFC |
| Plaza Village (final) |
Charter |
$622,811 |
|
163 |
|
$3,821 |
|
Orange |
HFC |
| Soboda Springs (final) |
Charter |
$907,817 |
|
217 |
|
$4,183 |
|
Riverside |
HFC |
| Villa Montclair (final) |
Charter |
$543,530 |
|
62 |
|
$8,767 |
|
San Bernardino |
HFC |
| Sutter Placer (draft) |
Digital Path |
$415,438 |
|
279 |
|
$1,500 |
|
Sutter |
Wireless |
| Crescent City (draft) |
Frontier |
$1,413,293 |
|
105 |
|
$13,460 |
|
Del Norte |
FTTP |
| Smith River (draft) |
Frontier |
$1,428,479 |
|
55 |
|
$25,972 |
|
Del Norte |
FTTP |
| Hoopa Valley (draft) |
Hunter |
$8,233,340 |
|
1,198 |
|
$6,873 |
|
Humboldt |
FTTP, wireless |
| Scott Road (final) |
Plumas Sierra |
$3,707,475 |
|
88 |
|
$42,130 |
|
Lassen, Sierra |
FTTP |
| Gigafy Williams (final) |
Race |
$7,603,656 |
|
588 |
|
$12,931 |
|
Colusa |
FTTP |
| Total |
|
$31,539,689 |
|
4,146 |
|
$7,607 |
|
|
|
CASF Project Proposals, including revisions
| Project |
Applicant |
Grant Requested |
|
Housing Units |
|
$/HU |
|
County |
Tech |
| Bella Vista |
Charter |
$715,356 |
|
60 |
|
$11,923 |
|
Shasta |
HFC |
| Darlene Road |
Charter |
$815,967 |
|
7 |
|
$116,567 |
|
Ventura |
HFC |
| Kingswood Estates |
Charter |
$1,210,006 |
|
120 |
|
$10,083 |
|
Placer |
HFC |
| Mountain Shadows |
Charter |
$2,006,811 |
|
132 |
|
$15,203 |
|
San Bernardino |
HFC |
| Oxnard Pacific |
Charter |
$1,725,964 |
|
171 |
|
$10,093 |
|
Ventura |
HFC |
| River Oaks |
Charter |
$829,462 |
|
45 |
|
$18,432 |
|
San Benito |
HFC |
| Riverbank |
Charter |
$299,115 |
|
43 |
|
$6,956 |
|
Stanislaus |
HFC |
| Butte Yuba |
Digital Path |
$872,761 |
|
582 |
|
$1,500 |
|
Butte, Yuba |
Wireless |
| Fresno County |
Digital Path |
$448,349 |
|
299 |
|
$1,499 |
|
Fresno |
Wireless |
| Glenn County |
Digital Path |
$361,500 |
|
241 |
|
$1,500 |
|
Glenn |
Wireless |
| Lake County |
Digital Path |
$123,000 |
|
82 |
|
$1,500 |
|
Lake |
Wireless |
| Mendocino County |
Digital Path |
$138,000 |
|
92 |
|
$1,500 |
|
Mendocino |
Wireless |
| Plumas Lassen |
Digital Path |
$865,000 |
|
577 |
|
$1,499 |
|
Plumas, Lassen |
Wireless |
| Sacramento County (revised) |
Digital Path |
$229,445 |
|
132 |
|
$1,738 |
|
Sacramento |
Wireless |
| Sierra County |
Digital Path |
$241,000 |
|
161 |
|
$1,497 |
|
Sierra |
Wireless |
| Siskiyou County (revised) |
Digital Path |
$135,000 |
|
90 |
|
$1,500 |
|
Siskiyou |
Wireless |
| Tehama County (revised) |
Digital Path |
$920,168 |
|
268 |
|
$3,433 |
|
Tehama |
Wireless |
| Central Coast |
Etheric |
$3,180,330 |
|
1,976 |
|
$1,609 |
|
Monterey, San Benito |
Wireless |
| Kingswood West |
Exwire |
$4,464,478 |
|
240 |
|
$18,602 |
|
Placer |
FTTP |
| Cuyama |
Frontier |
$12,462,755 |
|
131 |
|
$95,136 |
|
Kern, Santa Barbara |
FTTP |
| Garberville |
Frontier |
$3,776,254 |
|
106 |
|
$35,625 |
|
Humboldt |
FTTP |
| Herlong |
Frontier |
$7,668,801 |
|
273 |
|
$28,091 |
|
Lassen |
FTTP |
| Knights Landing |
Frontier |
$4,590,845 |
|
104 |
|
$44,143 |
|
Colusa, Sutter, Yolo |
FTTP |
| Lake Isabella |
Frontier |
$9,595,168 |
|
405 |
|
$23,692 |
|
Kern |
FTTP |
| Mad River |
Frontier |
$8,169,979 |
|
203 |
|
$40,246 |
|
Humboldt, Trinity |
FTTP |
| Northeast Phase 2 |
Frontier |
$10,358,969 |
|
502 |
|
$20,635 |
|
Plumas, Tehama |
FTTP |
| Piercy |
Frontier |
$7,797,273 |
|
805 |
|
$9,686 |
|
Mendocino |
FTTP |
| Mendocino County (revised) |
Hunter |
$158,145,578 |
|
3,943 |
|
$40,108 |
|
Mendocino |
FTTP, wireless |
| Buckeye/Banner |
Nevada County Fiber |
$589,648 |
|
50 |
|
$11,793 |
|
Nevada |
FTTP |
| Long Valley (revised) |
Plumas Sierra |
$3,318,255 |
|
35 |
|
$94,807 |
|
Plumas |
FTTP |
| Mohawk Valley (revised) |
Plumas Sierra |
$2,071,039 |
|
23 |
|
$90,045 |
|
Plumas |
FTTP |
| Portola (revised) |
Plumas Sierra |
$2,087,677 |
|
51 |
|
$40,935 |
|
Plumas |
FTTP |
| Sierra Valley (revised) |
Plumas Sierra |
$3,953,342 |
|
233 |
|
$16,967 |
|
Plumas, Sierra |
FTTP, wireless |
| Southern Lassen (revised) |
Plumas Sierra |
$11,890,662 |
|
778 |
|
$15,284 |
|
Lassen |
FTTP |
| Gigafy Arbuckle |
Race |
$4,241,181 |
|
480 |
|
$8,836 |
|
Colusa |
FTTP |
| Gigafy Backus 2 |
Race |
$4,702,649 |
|
266 |
|
$17,679 |
|
Kern |
FTTP |
| Gigafy Nevada City |
Race |
$6,154,776 |
|
499 |
|
$12,334 |
|
Nevada |
FTTP |
| Sonoma/Napa |
Web Perception |
$1,450,697 |
|
504 |
|
$2,878 |
|
Napa. Sonoma |
Wireless |
| West Sonoma County |
WiConduit |
$81,886,095 |
|
1,342 |
|
$61,018 |
|
Sonoma |
FTTP |
| Total |
|
$364,493,355 |
|
16,051 |
|
$22,708 |
|
|
|
The links above are to the most recent versions of draft resolutions prepared by CPUC staff or project summaries submitted, and in some cases revised, by project applicants. All documents collected in 2020, including original submissions and information about the CASF program, can be browsed and downloaded here.
Challenges to CASF infrastructure grant applications, 8 June 2020
| Number of Challenges |
|
Project |
Applicant |
Challenged by |
| 2 |
|
Bella Vista |
Charter Communications |
Digital Path, ShastaBeam |
| 1 |
|
Kingswood Estates |
Charter Communications |
Exwire |
| 1 |
|
Butte Yuba |
Digital Path |
Succeed |
| 1 |
|
Fresno County |
Digital Path |
Comcast |
| 2 |
|
Glenn County |
Digital Path |
Comcast, Succeed |
| 2 |
|
Lake County |
Digital Path |
Mediacom, North Coast |
| 1 |
|
Mendocino County |
Digital Path |
North Coast |
| 1 |
|
Plumas Lassen |
Digital Path |
Frontier |
| 1 |
|
Sacramento County |
Digital Path |
Frontier |
| 1 |
|
Sutter Placer |
Digital Path |
Succeed |
| 1 |
|
Tehama County |
Digital Path |
Charter |
| 2 |
|
Central Coast Broadband |
Etheric Networks |
Charter, Razzolink |
| 1 |
|
Kingswood West |
Exwire |
Charter |
| 1 |
|
Crescent City |
Frontier Communications |
Charter |
| 1 |
|
Cuyama |
Frontier Communications |
Geolinks |
| 1 |
|
Garberville |
Frontier Communications |
101Netlink |
| 2 |
|
Herlong |
Frontier Communications |
Digital Path, Plumas Sierra |
| 1 |
|
Lake Isabella |
Frontier Communications |
Geolinks |
| 2 |
|
Mad River |
Frontier Communications |
101Netlink, Velocity |
| 2 |
|
Northeast Phase 2 |
Frontier Communications |
Digital Path, Geolinks |
| 2 |
|
Piercy |
Frontier Communications |
101Netlink, Willits Online |
| 5 |
|
Mendocino County |
Hunter Communications |
101Netlink, Comcast, Frontier, North Coast, Willits Online |
| 1 |
|
Buckeye/Banner |
Nevada County Fiber |
Digital Path |
| 1 |
|
Long Valley |
Plumas Sierra Telecoms |
Digital Path |
| 1 |
|
Mohawk Valley |
Plumas Sierra Telecoms |
Digital Path |
| 1 |
|
Portola |
Plumas Sierra Telecoms |
Digital Path |
| 1 |
|
Scott Road |
Plumas Sierra Telecoms |
Geolinks |
| 1 |
|
Sierra Valley |
Plumas Sierra Telecoms |
Digital Path |
| 3 |
|
Southern Lassen |
Plumas Sierra Telecoms |
Digital Path, Frontier, Geolinks |
| 1 |
|
Gigafy Arbuckle |
Race Telecommunications |
Frontier |
| 2 |
|
Gigafy Nevada City |
Race Telecommunications |
Calnet, Digital Path |
| 4 |
|
Gigafy Williams |
Race Telecommunications |
Comcast, Digital Path, Frontier, Succeed |
| 2 |
|
Sonoma/Napa |
Web Perception |
Comcast, Valley Internet |
| 3 |
|
West Sonoma County |
WiConduit |
Comcast, Digital Path, Frontier |
Responses and defences to challenges
| Project |
Applicant |
Challenge defence/response from |
Date |
| Gigafy Williams |
Race Telecommunications |
Race Telecommunications |
12 June 2020 |
Past Years
Additional Funding Request, 3 May 2019
Karuk Tribe
CPUC final resolution, approving $10.8 million of supplemental funding for the Klamath River Rural Broadband Initiative, 7 May 2020
Klamath River Rural Broadband Initiative Project Update
CPUC Resolution granting $6.6 million for the Klamath River Rural Broadband Initiative, 17 October 2013
Application round closing 1 May 2019
Charter Communications
Country Squire Mobile Estates, Moreno Valley (Riverside County)
Orchid Drive, Highland (San Bernardino County)
Perris Plant Extension, Perris (Riverside County)
Silver Wheel Ranch Mobile Home Park, Oxnard (Ventura County)
Cruzio
Equal Access Santa Cruz, Soquel, Pleasure Point, Capitola (Santa Cruz County)
Frontier Communications
Northeast Project Phase 1 (Lassen and Modoc counties)
Taft Cluster (Kern County)
Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative
Elysian Valley-Johnstonville (Lassen County)
Eureka-Johnsville (Plumas County)
Keddie (Plumas County)
Lake Davis (Plumas County)
Mohawk Vista (Plumas County)
Web Perceptions
Rural Internet Service Expansion into East Petaluma / West Sonoma
2018 applications, pending in 2019
Frontier Communications
Colfax-Weimar (Placer County), 12 December 2018
Colusa (Colusa County) project summary, 25 October 2018
Colusa denial letter, 26 February 2019
California RDOF awards by technology
| Technology |
Assigned Support over 10 Years |
Number of Locations Assigned |
Support/ Location |
% Support |
% Locations |
| Cable |
$2,618,078 |
4,163 |
$629 |
0.4% |
1% |
| LEO |
$5,746,961 |
6,297 |
$913 |
0.8% |
2% |
| Unknown |
$40,738,686 |
18,350 |
$2,220 |
6% |
5% |
| Wireless |
$646,054,404 |
336,068 |
$1,922 |
93% |
92% |
| Total |
$695,158,129 |
364,878 |
$1,905 |
|
|
California RDOF winners
|
Assigned Support over 10 Years |
Number of Locations Assigned |
Support/ Location |
Technology |
| Etheric Communications |
$248,634,963 |
64,463 |
$3,857 |
Wireless |
| LTD Broadband |
$187,506,060 |
76,856 |
$2,440 |
Wireless |
| California Internet, L.P. dba GeoLinks |
$149,035,763 |
92,678 |
$1,608 |
Wireless |
| Frontier Communications Corporation |
$33,379,752 |
14,943 |
$2,234 |
Unknown |
| Cal.net, Inc. |
$29,169,983 |
44,153 |
$661 |
Wireless |
| Consortium 2020 (two midwest WISPs) |
$29,131,921 |
52,456 |
$555 |
Wireless |
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp. |
$5,746,961 |
6,297 |
$913 |
Satellite (LEO) |
| Grain (Hunter Communications) |
$5,475,648 |
1,620 |
$3,380 |
Unknown |
| Cox Communications, Inc. |
$2,386,244 |
3,118 |
$765 |
Cable |
| Hankins Information Technology |
$2,171,845 |
3,727 |
$583 |
Wireless |
| LICT (Cal-Ore) |
$1,063,513 |
235 |
$4,526 |
Unknown |
| RDOF USA Consortium (possibly Anza Electric Co-op) |
$819,773 |
1,552 |
$528 |
Unknown |
| Commnet Wireless, LLC |
$335,485 |
565 |
$594 |
Wireless |
| CCO (Charter Communications) |
$231,835 |
1,045 |
$222 |
Cable |
| One Ring Networks, Inc |
$68,385 |
1,170 |
$58 |
Wireless |
| Total |
$695,158,129 |
364,878 |
$1,905 |
|
California locations awarded, by ISP and service tier
|
Minimum (Mbps) 25 down/ 3 up |
Baseline (Mbps) 50 down/ 5 up |
Above Baseline (Mbps) 100 down/ 20 up |
Gigabit (Mbps) 1,000 down/ 500 up |
Total
|
| Etheric Communications |
|
|
|
64,463 |
64,463 |
| LTD Broadband |
|
|
|
76,856 |
76,856 |
| California Internet, L.P. dba GeoLinks |
|
|
563 |
92,115 |
92,678 |
| Frontier Communications Corporation |
|
|
|
14,943 |
14,943 |
| Cal.net, Inc. |
2 |
|
136 |
44,015 |
44,153 |
| Consortium 2020 (two midwest WISPs) |
|
|
|
52,456 |
52,456 |
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp. |
|
|
6,297 |
|
6,297 |
| Grain (Hunter Communications) |
|
|
|
1,620 |
1,620 |
| Cox Communications, Inc. |
|
|
|
3,118 |
3,118 |
| Hankins Information Technology |
|
|
|
3,727 |
3,727 |
| LICT (Cal-Ore) |
|
|
|
235 |
235 |
| RDOF USA Consortium (possibly Anza Electric Co-op) |
|
|
|
1,552 |
1,552 |
| Commnet Wireless, LLC |
|
|
565 |
|
565 |
| CCO (Charter Communications) |
|
|
|
1,045 |
1,045 |
| One Ring Networks, Inc |
|
1,170 |
|
|
1,170 |
Total
|
2 |
1,170 |
7,561 |
356,145 |
364,878 |
