California Public Utilities Commission Delivers $7 Million Boost for High-Speed Internet Projects in Rural Communities

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) delivered a $7 million boost for high-speed internet projects in rural communities across the state. The newest multi-million-dollar grant award is a continuation of the CPUC’s work to support California’s Broadband For All initiative. Funding will go to three projects:

1. Equal Access Summits to the Sea Project (Up to $5.65 million): This initiative enables Cruzio Media, Inc. to construct a middle-mile and last-mile broadband network that will bring high speed internet service to unserved households in Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties.
2. ConnectAnza Phase 3 Project ($688,431): Anza Electric Cooperative, Inc. will place 3.74 linear miles of fiber on existing poles to construct a fiber-to-the-home project to help bring broadband access to San Jacinto Mountain communities. Through approval of a deviation from CPUC rules governing the placement of overhead facilities within designated State Scenic Highways, CPUC staff will now release the funds for the project that were allocated on Nov. 30, 2023.
3. Mobile Home Park 1 Project (Up to $889,083): The CPUC’s actions enable Kwikbit Internet, Inc. to deploy a fixed wireless network to bring high-speed internet service to 197 unserved households located within four Manufactured Home Parks in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties.