FCC Announces Reimbursement Rate Estimates For May 2024 Affordable Connectivity Program Benefits

The Federal Communications Commission reminds providers that May 2024 will be the last month for which providers will be able to seek reimbursement for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) benefits passed through to ACP households. Absent additional funding from Congress, the ACP will not be able to reimburse providers for the full statutory benefit amount for service and device benefits applied to ACP service bills in May 2024. To allow providers to plan for May 2024 service month offerings and to provide notice to their ACP households regarding May 2024 ACP service, the FCC is providing an estimated reimbursement range for each benefit type, within which the partial reimbursement amount may fall:

• Non-Tribal Service Benefit: $7-16
• Tribal Land Service Benefit: $18-39
• ACP Connected Device Benefit: $24-54

The estimates presented in the above table take into account factors such as open claims for past service months, recent program activity, and claims trends. These are estimated ranges and the final maximum reimbursement amounts announced in April 2024 may fall outside this range. The FCC also directs providers to notify the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) of their intent to participate during the May 2024 service month by filling out the survey that USAC will distribute to providers. USAC will distribute the survey to providers within a week of release of this public notice. Providers will have two weeks from distribution of the survey to respond. Timely responses to the survey will aid our administration of the wind-down.