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CPUC holds office hour to clarify BEAD subgrantee selection, portal dates and eligibility rules
Summary
The California Public Utilities Commission staff answered applicants' questions about the BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) subgrantee selection process, confirming portal dates, deduplication timing, project-area rules and guidance on matching funds and alternative-pricing requirements.
The California Public Utilities Commission held a public office hour to clarify the state’s subgrantee selection process for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s BEAD program and to answer technical questions from prospective applicants.
Program staff front-loaded deadlines and procedural details. The CPUC said the subgrantee prequalification portal will open March 25 and remain open through April 24; the project-application window will open April 2 and close May 2. Manager Jonathan Lacker said, “we will be posting within the next 2 weeks, probably within the next week, a prerecorded, technical video,” and that additional guidance and a project-application guide will follow. The session recording and written Q&A will be posted to the CPUC website.
Why it matters: the answers affect how applicants design projects, calculate match and price proposals, and whether proposed projects remain eligible as other federal awards are made. Staff warned applicants to submit their best prices because limited time for negotiation is…
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