[Bloat] Fwd: Urgent - Help WISPA Address California's BEAD Plans

[Dave Taht]

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From: WISPA <sschwerbel at wispa.org>
Date: Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 8:51 AM
Subject: Urgent - Help WISPA Address California's BEAD Plans
To: Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com>




Dave,

As you may have seen, the California Public Utilities Commission has begun
its discussion of how to write its BEAD rules by releasing an Order
Instituting Rulemaking
<https://members.wispa.org/ct.php?lid=198739649&mm=73901165771> (OIR). The
OIR asks 14 questions about how the program should be structured: the
responses they receive will help shape the CPUC’s final BEAD rules.

Since the BEAD NOFO was released last year, WISPA has actively engaged both
the federal and state policymakers who will be influencing the final BEAD
rules. To continue that advocacy, WISPA will be submitting comments in
response to the CPUC’s OIR to highlight the needs and contributions of our
members across the state.

*To do that, we would like your input on several questions in the OIR. *Please
send me your thoughts on the following questions *by COB tomorrow (April
11)*:

*OIR Question 2: *Geographic Level. The (BEAD) Notice of Funding
Opportunity gives flexibility to states to solicit proposals from
prospective subgrantees at the geographic level of their choosing—for
example, on a per-location basis, per-census block basis, per-town,
per-county or another geographic unit. States may alternatively solicit
proposals for project areas they define or ask prospective subgrantees to
define their own proposed project areas. What is the best, or most
appropriate, geographic level for subgrantee proposals?

*OIR Question 3: *Overlapping Project Areas. What mechanism should be used
for overlapping proposals to allow for a like-to-like comparison of
competing proposals?

*OIR Question 4: *Selection Among Priority Broadband Projects. In addition
to the Primary Criteria and Secondary Criterion required in the Notice of
Funding Opportunity, which additional prioritization factors should be
considered? How should they each be measured, and should they be weighted
in prioritization?

*OIR Question 5: *Selection Among Other Last-Mile Broadband Deployment
Projects. In addition to the Primary Criteria and Secondary Criteria
required in the Notice of Funding Opportunity, which Additional
Prioritization Factors should be considered? How should they each be
measured, and should they be weighted in prioritization?

*OIR Question 7: *Match Requirement. The IIJA expressly provides that
matching funds for the BEAD Program may come from federal regional
government entities and from funds that were provided to an Eligible Entity
or a subgrantee for the purpose of deploying broadband service under the
Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the CARES Act, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2021, or the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, to the
extent permitted by those laws. What state funding should also be allowed
to be used as matching funds?

*OIR Question 11:* Grant Applications. How many application cycles should
there be in a calendar year?


Your insight into these questions will help WISPA draft comments that
represent the fullest picture or our members’ needs across the state.
Please consider taking a moment to share your thoughts.


Thank you,

Steven Schwerbel


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