Utility Broadband Deployment
Electric utilities empower broadband deployment. Either indirectly by providing access to their networks or their infrastructure, or by directly connecting their own communities to the Internet, electric utilities are more than just key partners in bringing broadband services to all Americans. Indeed, utilities make broadband—and broadband expansion–possible.
In many ways, broadband is as critical to our nation’s economic growth as electricity was 100 years ago. Back then, federal grants supported the development of hundreds of small rural electric cooperative and public power utilities to bring electricity to all corners of the U.S.
Today, many of these utilities are expanding upon their public obligation to serve their communities by bringing broadband connectivity in unserved and underserved locations. In addition, several larger privately held utilities are partnering with smaller firms to assist in the deployment of broadband services.
UTC is your one-stop shop for utility broadband information. On this page you will find data, reports, archived webinars, issue briefs, history, and much more.
What’s New
- UTC Files Comments in NTIA proceeding on Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (February 2022)
- UTC Federal Broadband Grants Compendium, A Resource for Utilities (August 2021)
- In Comments to Treasury Dept., UTC Applauds Guidance for Broadband-Stimulus Grant Funding (Filing to U.S. Department of Treasury, July 16, 2021)
- UTC President, CEO Weighs in on Bipartisan Infrastructure Plans (Letters to key Senators, July 7, 2021)
- NOTE: UTC sent identical letters to the following Senators: Joe Manchin, Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, John Warner, Angus King, Jon Tester, Susan Collins, Rob Portman, Thom Tillis, Todd Young, Mike Rounds, Lisa Murkowksi, and Maria Cantwell
- UTC Signs Letter Urging Congress to Fully Fund Federal Broadband Programs (June 2021)
- UTC President, CEO Osiene-Riggs: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Gets it Right on Broadband (article in T&D World, May 2021)
- UTC Supports Appalachian Power’s Proposal to Provide Middle-Mile Services in West Virginia (March 2021)
- Utilities Empower Broadband Deployment, UTC Tells House Committee (February 2021)
- UTC Urges Virginia Commission to Approve Dominion Broadband Program (January 2021)
- Broadband Bunch Podcast: UTC President, CEO Sheryl Riggs Highlights Utility Broadband Successes (October 2020)
- Broadband Issue Brief
- How Electric Utilities Empower Broadband–a UTC White Paper
- Five Questions with…Elin Katz, Managing Director-Utilities and Associate General Counsel, Tilson
Resource Library
Case Studies
- Dominion Energy Virginia-Prince George Electric Cooperative (Virginia)
- Appalachian Power-GigaBeam (Virginia)
- Entergy-C Spire (Mississippi)
UTC Journal Articles
